Pastime with Good Company

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T:Pastime with Good Company
%C:Henry VIII
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
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"Am" A3 A c3c | "G" B3/2c/2 BA "Em" G3G | "Am" c3c "G" B3A | "E" ^GA ^G/2F/2G "Am" A4 |
w: Pas-time with good com__\-pa-ny, I love, and shall un-til_ I__ die.
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"Am" A3 A c3c | "G" B3/2c/2 BA "Em" G3G | "Am" c3c "G" B3A | "E" ^GA ^G/2F/2G "Am" A3 G |
w: Gruch who lust but none__ de-ny, so God be pleas'd thus live_ will__ I. For
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"F" A2 "G" B2 "C" c3G | "F" A2 "G" B2 "C" c3c | "G" B3/2c/2 BA "Em" G3G |
w: my past-ance, hunt, sing, and dance, my heart_ is_ set. All
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"F" A2 "G" B2 "C" c3c | "F" A2 "G" B2 "C" c3c | "G" BA "E" ^G/2F/2G "Am" A4 |]
w: good-ly sport, for my com-fort, who shall_ me__ let?
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W: 2. Youth must have some dalliance,
W: of good or ill some pastance.
W: Company methinks then best,
W: all thoughts and fancies to digest.
W: For idleness,
W: is chief mistress
W: of vices all
W: Then who can say
W: but mirth and play
W: is best of all.
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W: 3. Company with honesty,
W: Is virtue, vices to flee.
W: Company is good and ill,
W: but every man hath his free will.
W: The best ensue,
W: the worst eschew,
W: my mind shall be
W: Virtue to use,
W: vice to refuse,
W: thus shall I use me.
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