Source: Thomas Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia # 20 (1609)
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1. Tomorrow the Fox will come to towne,
keep, keep, keep, keep, keepe:
Tomorrow the Fox will come to towne,
O keep you all well there.
Chorus:
I must desire you neighbors all,
to hallow the fox out of the hall,
and cry as loud as you can cal, [cal = call]
O keepe you all well there.
2. Hee'l steale the Cock out from his flock,
keep, keep, keep, keep, keepe:
Hee'l steale the Cock euen from his flock, [euen = even]
O keepe you all well there.
Chorus
3. Hee'l steale the Hen out of the pen,
Hee'l steale the Hen out of the pen,
4. Hee'l steal the Duck out of the brook [note funny rhyme, duck with brook!]
Hee'l steale the Duck out of the brook
5. Hee'l steal the lamb euen from his dam, [dam = mother]
Hee'l steal the Lamb euen from his dam,
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