Whilst youthful sports

To shorten winter's sadness

See where the nymphs with gladness

Disguisèd all are coming,

Right wantonly a-mumming.

Fa la.

Though masks encloud their beauty,

Yet give the eye her duty,

When Heaven is dark it shineth

And unto love inclineth.

Fa la.

Whilst youthful sports are lasting,

To feasting turn our fasting;

With revels and with wassails

Make grief and care our vasals.

Fa la.

For youth it well beseemeth

That pleasure he esteemeth;

And sullen age is hated

That mirth would have abated.

Fa la.