Welcome, sweet pleasure Lyrics by Thomas Weelkes
Welcome, sweet pleasure
My wealth and treasure;
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Welcome, sweet pleasure
My wealth and treasure;
Ha ha! ha ha! this world doth pass
Most merrily, I’ll be sworn;
Strike it up, Tabor
And pipe us a favour
New oysters, new Wallfleet oysters;
New mussels, new lilywhite mussels;
Come sirrah Jack ho
Fill some Tobacco
To shorten winter’s sadness
See where the nymphs with gladness
Cease sorrows now
For you have done the deed
Since Robin Hood, Maid Marian
And Little John are gone-a