I Am A Jolly Foster

Album: Music from the Time of Henry VII (1525)
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  • I am a Ioly foster
    I am a Ioly foster
    and haue ben many a day
    and foster will I be styll
    for shote ryght well I may
    for shot ryght well I may

    Wherfor shuld I hang vp my bow
    vpon the gren wod bough
    I cane bend and draw a bow
    and shot well enough
    I am a Ioly foster

    wherfor shuld I hang vp myne arrow
    opon the gren wode lynde
    I haue strength to mak it fle
    and kyll bothe hart and hynd
    I am a Ioly foster

    wherfor shuld I hang vp my horne
    vpon the gren wod tre
    I can blow the deth of a dere
    as well as any that euer I see
    I am a Ioly foster

    wherfor shuld I tye vp my hownd
    vnto the gren wod spray
    I can luge and make a sute
    as well as any in may
    I am. a Ioly foster Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

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