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.