On the Saturday told,
Is sure to come true,
Be it never so old.
CVIII.
When the sand doth feed the clay,
England woe and well-a-day!
But when the clay doth feed the sand,
Then it is well with Angle-land.
CIX.
The fair maid who, the first of May,
On the Saturday told,
Is sure to come true,
Be it never so old.
When the sand doth feed the clay,
England woe and well-a-day!
But when the clay doth feed the sand,
Then it is well with Angle-land.
The fair maid who, the first of May,