ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH BALLADS.
Reading edition
EDITED BY FRANCIS JAMES CHILD.
Sum bethe of wer, and sum of wo, Sum of joie and mirthe also; And sum of trecherie and of gile, Of old aventours that fel while; And sum of bourdes and ribaudy; And many ther beth of fairy; Of all thinges that men seth;— Maist o love forsothe thai beth.
Lay le Freine.