Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England
HARVEST-HOME

Robert Bel

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[From an old copy without printer's name or date.]

Come, Roger and Nell,

Come, Simpkin and Bell,

Each lad with his lass hither come;

With singing and dancing,

And pleasure advancing,

To celebrate harvest-home!

Chorus. 'Tis Ceres bids play,

And keep holiday,

To celebrate harvest-home!

Harvest-home!

Harvest-home!

To celebrate harvest-home!

Our labour is o'er,

Our barns, in full store,

Now swell with rich gifts of the land;

Let each man then take,

For the prong and the rake,

His can and his lass in his hand.

For Ceres, c.

No courtier can be

So happy as we,

In innocence, pastime, and mirth;

While thus we carouse,

With our sweetheart or spouse,

And rejoice o'er the fruits of the earth.

For Ceres, c.

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