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- 0:00Speaker 1: Mark well, my heavy doleful tail, Mark well, my heavy
- 0:07Speaker 1: doleful tale. For twelfth day now is come. And now
- 0:13Speaker 1: I must no longer sing and say no words but mum,
- 0:18Speaker 1: for I perforce must take my leave of all my
- 0:22Speaker 1: dainty cheer, plum, porridge, roast beef and minced pies, my
- 0:29Speaker 1: strong ale and my beer kind hearted Christmas. Now adieu,
- 0:36Speaker 1: for I with THEE must part, and four to take
- 0:40Speaker 1: my leave of thee doth grieve me at the heart.
- 0:44Speaker 1: Thou wert an ancient housekeeper Mexicans, and mirth with meat
- 0:49Speaker 1: didst keep. But thou art going out of town, which
- 0:54Speaker 1: makes me for to weep. God knoweth whether I again
- 1:00Speaker 1: white space merry face, shall see which two good fellows
- 1:04Speaker 1: and the poor when so frank and free thou lovedst
- 1:10Speaker 1: pastime with thy heart and eke good company. Pray hold
- 1:15Speaker 1: me up for fear I swoon premiere, for I am
- 1:20Speaker 1: like to die. Come, butler, fill a brimmer up to
- 1:25Speaker 1: cheer my fainting heart, that too old Christmas I may drink,
- 1:30Speaker 1: he doth depart, and let each one that's in this
- 1:34Speaker 1: room for with me likewise condole and for to cheer
- 1:39Speaker 1: their spirit sad let each one drink a bowl, and
- 1:44Speaker 1: when the same it hath gone round, then fall unto
- 1:48Speaker 1: your cheer. Time it comes but once a year. But
- 1:54Speaker 1: this good draft, which I have drunk, hath comforted my heart.
- 1:59Speaker 1: Prosecute was very fearful that my stomach would depart. Thanks
- 2:04Speaker 1: to my Master and my Dame, that doth such cheer afford.
- 2:09Speaker 1: God bless them, that each Christmas they may furnish thus
- 2:14Speaker 1: their board. My stomach having come to me, I mean
- 2:19Speaker 1: to have about inventing to eat most heartily, good friends.
- 2:24Speaker 1: I do not flout