Key: F
Introduction:
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Past time with good company I love, and shall until I die
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Grutch who lust, but none deny So God be pleased, thus live will I
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For my pastance Hunt, sing and dance My heart is set
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All goodly sport For my comfort Who shall me let?
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Youth must have some dalliance Of good or ill some pastance
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Company methinks then best All thoughts and fancies to digest
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For idleness is chief mistress Of vices all
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then who can say But mirth and play Is best of all?
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Past time with good company I love, and shall until I die
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Grutch who lust, but none deny So God be pleased, thus live will I
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For my pastance Hunt, sing and dance My heart is set
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All goodly sport For my comfort Who shall me let?
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Company with honesty Is virtue, vices to flee
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Company is good and ill But every man hath his free will
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The best ensue The worst eschew My mind shall be
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Virtue to use Vice to refuse Thus shall I use me...