| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Come, Follow Me, Ye Country Lasses | | By John Fletcher (1579–1625) or William Rowley (c. 1585–1626) |
| | | COME 1 follow me, you country lasses, | |
| And you shall see such sport as passes | |
| You shall dance and I will sing; | |
| Pedro, he shall rub the string; | |
| Each shall have a loose-bodied gown | 5 |
Of green, and laugh till you lie down.
Come follow me, come follow, &c. | |
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| You shall have crowns of roses, daisies, | |
| Buds where the honey-maker grazes; | |
| You shall taste the golden thighs, | |
| Such as in wax-chamber lies: | 10 |
| What fruit please you taste, freely pull, | |
Till you have all your bellies full.
Come follow me, come follow, &c. | |
| | | Note 1. From Fletcher and Rowley’s The Maid in the Mill, 1647. Mr. Bullen suspects that Rowley is the author of this song. [back] | | |
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