Hey how and rumby lowe.”

The Squyr of Lowe Degre,—Ritson’s Met. Rom. iii. 179.

“I saw three ladies fair, singing hey and how,

Upon yon ley land, hey:

I saw three mariners, singing rumbelow,

Upon yon sea-strand, hey.”

Song quoted ibid., iii. 353.

“Where were many shippes and maryners noyse with hale & how.”

Morte d’Arthur, B. vii. c. xv. vol. i. 209. ed. Southey.