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| − | Lyric from MS. London BL Sloane 2593 | + | Lyric from MS. London BL Sloane 2593; taken from ''Medieval English Lyrics 1200-1400'', ed. Thomas G. Duncan (Harmonsdworth: Penguin Books, 1995), 168-169. |
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| + | I have a gentil cok, | ||
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| + | :crowëth me the day; | ||
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| + | He doth me risen erly, | ||
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| + | :my matins for to say. | ||
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| + | I have a gentil cok, | ||
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| + | :comen he is of gret; | ||
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| + | His comb is of red corel, | ||
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| + | :his tayil is of jet. | ||
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I have a gentil cok, | I have a gentil cok, | ||
| − | + | :comen he is of kinde; | |
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| + | His comb is red corel, | ||
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| + | :his tayil is of inde. | ||
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| + | His leggës ben of asur, | ||
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| + | :so gentil and so smale; | ||
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| + | His spurës arn of sylver white | ||
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| + | :into the wortëwale. | ||
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| − | + | His eyen arn of cristal, | |
| − | + | :loken al in aumber; | |
| − | + | And every night he perchëth him | |
| − | + | :in myn ladies chaumber. | |
| − | '' | + | ==Criticism== |
| + | Baird-Lange, Lorrayne Y. 'Symbolic Ambivalence in "I haue a gentil cock', ''Fifteenth-Century Studies'' 11 (1985): 1-5 | ||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 23 May 2012
Lyric from MS. London BL Sloane 2593; taken from Medieval English Lyrics 1200-1400, ed. Thomas G. Duncan (Harmonsdworth: Penguin Books, 1995), 168-169.
Text
I have a gentil cok,
- crowëth me the day;
He doth me risen erly,
- my matins for to say.
I have a gentil cok,
- comen he is of gret;
His comb is of red corel,
- his tayil is of jet.
I have a gentil cok,
- comen he is of kinde;
His comb is red corel,
- his tayil is of inde.
His leggës ben of asur,
- so gentil and so smale;
His spurës arn of sylver white
- into the wortëwale.
His eyen arn of cristal,
- loken al in aumber;
And every night he perchëth him
- in myn ladies chaumber.
Criticism
Baird-Lange, Lorrayne Y. 'Symbolic Ambivalence in "I haue a gentil cock', Fifteenth-Century Studies 11 (1985): 1-5
