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Thread #37817   Message #528756
Posted By: Thomas the Rhymer
15-Aug-01 - 03:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: True Thomas (14th century version)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Long, 14th C. version of 'True Thoma
THOMAS OFF ERSSELDOUNE

Thornton MS., leaf 149...


Als I me wente pis endres daye,
Ffull faste in mynd makand my mone,
In a mery mornynge of Maye,
By Huntle bankkes my self allone,

I herde pe jaye and pe throstelle'
The mawys menyde of hir songe,
pe wodewale beryde als a belle,
That alle pe wode a-bowte me ronge.

it is in the big books by Sir Francis Child... ttr