Looks like a reworking of the following. The earlier serving-maid had a more adventurous holiday. Rossell Hope Robins, Secular Lyrics of the 14th and 15th Century [thorns expanded to 'th' and yogh to 'gh' or 'z'] 29. The Serving Maid's Holiday Caius Coll. Cambridge MS. 383 [Chorus] Wybbe ne rele ne sypyyn yc ne may ffor ioyze that it is holyday Al this day ic han sought, spyndul ne werue ne wond y nought; To myche blisse ic am brout azen this holyday. Wybbe &c. All vnswope ys owre vleth, & owre fyre ys vnleth, Oure ruschen ben vnrepe zeth, azen this hy halyday. ye moste feschun worton In; thredele my kerchef vndur my khyn; leue iakke, lend me a pyn To thredele me this holiday. Now yt draweth to the none & al my cherrus ben vndone; y moste a lyte solas mye schone to make hem dowge this holyday. y most mylkin in his payl; Outh me bred al this schayl, zut is the dow vndur myy nayl as ic knad this holyday. Iakke wol brynge me onward in my wey, Wyth me desyre for te pleyze; Of my dame stant me non eyze an neuer a god haliday Iacke wol pay for my scoth a sonday atte the ale-schoth; iacke wol sowse wel my troth eury god haliday. sone he wolle take me be the hand, & he wolle legge me on the lond, that al my buttockus ben of sond, opon this hye holyday. In he pult & out he drow, & euer yc lay on hym y-low; 'by godus deth, thou dest me wow vpon this hey holyday!' sone my wombe began to swelle as greth as a belle; durst y nat my dame telle Wat me betydde this holyday.
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