Hello, Empirical. The CPDL (Choral Public Domain Library) has these words: Now foot is as I do Tom Boy Tom, Now foot is as I do Swithen a And Hick so must trick it all alone Till Robin come leaping in between a (now dance with your feet as I do, Tom boy THom now dance with your feet as I do, along with all of us and Hick must dance it all alone until Robin comes leaping in between us.) note: I remember from student days that 'swithin' means between, but I can't verify that online. If it doesn't mean that, then it means rapidly, and the a that follows doesn't mean anything. The cramp is in my purse full sore No money will bide therein a And if I had some salve therefore O lightly then would I sing a Hey hoe, the cramp a (My wallet has diarrhea really badly. No money will stay in it. And if I had some medicine for it, then I would sing lightly, "Hey ho diarrhea!") [There's elegance for you! - Leeneia] Robin Hood, said Little John, Come dance before the Queen a In a red petticoat and a green jacket, A white hose and a green-a (Should be self-explanatory. Hose are stockings.) Sing after fellows as you hear me, A toy that seldom is seen a, Three country dances in on to be, A pretty conceit as I ween a. (Fellows, sing what you hear me sing, a pretty thing seldom seen: three country dances in one. It's a pretty thought, I think. ) Note: "in on to be" is "in one to be." Does that cover it?
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