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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Heigh ho I sing, heigh ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly

Then heigh ho, the holly !

This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh

As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp

As friend remember'd not.

Heigh ho ! sing, heigh ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly

Then heigh ho, the holly !

This life is most jolly.

��// was a jLover and his I^ass

TT was a lover and his lass,

That o'er the green corn-field did pass,

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding ; Sweet lovers love the spring.

Between the acres of the rye,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, These pretty country folks would lie,

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring.

This carol they began that hour,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

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