Date: Wed 24 Feb 88 00:06:42
From: L.a. Hussey (on 161/93)
To:   All
Subj: Ribald Ram Rondeau

 (written in traditional trouvere metre; part of a projected series of 
nine poems, of which 4 are finished, one for each Sabbat, to be set to 
madrigal music in 4-5 part harmony...)

 The horned Ram runs high and low,
 And through the land his influence grows;
 The Equinox upon us springs
    With swellings and with moistenings,
    And pleasant pastime all folk know.

 The blacksmith's iron hot doth glow;
 The planter's dibbing stick doth sow;
 The baker's loaf to th'oven clings.

 The horny Ram runs high and low,
 And through the land his influence grows;
 The Equinox upon us springs!

 The milkmaid's churn with cream o'erflows;
 The blossom doth attract the nose;
 The minstrel's pipe he's fingering.
    The ploughboy's joyfully ploughing;
    The shepherd's staff to work doth go.

 The horned Ram runs high and low,
 And through the land his influence grows;
 The Equinox upon us springs
    With swellings and with moistenings,
    And pleasant pastime all folk know.

 (copyright 1988, Leigh Ann Hussey)

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