Forthe they rowed saynt George to borowe
For ioye theyr trumpettes dyde they blowe
And some songe heue and howe rombelowe.”
Cocke Lorelles bote, sig. C i.
“Synge heaue and howe rombelowe, trolle on away.”
Burden to the Ballad On Thomas Lord Cromwell,—Percy’s Rel. of A. E. P., ii. 64. ed. 1794.
Varied thus:
“Wit[h], hey, howe, rumbelowe.”
Skelton’s Epitaphe, &c., v. 61. vol. i. 171.
“They rowede hard, and sungge thertoo,