Difference between revisions of "I have a gentil cok"

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Lyric from MS. London BL Sloane 2593

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.

Medieval English Lyrics 1200-1400, ed. Thomas G. Duncan (Harmonsdworth: Penguin Books, 1995), 168-169.

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 I have a gentil cok,
-crowëth me the day;
+:crowëth me the day;
-He doth me risen erly, my matins for to say.
+He doth me risen erly,
-I have a gentil cok, comen he is of gret; His comb is of red corel, his tayil is of jet.
+:my matins for to say.
-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.
+I have a gentil cok,
-His eyen arn of cristal, loken al in aumber; And every night he perchëth him in myn ladies chaumber.
+: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.
 ''Medieval English Lyrics 1200-1400'', ed. Thomas G. Duncan (Harmonsdworth: Penguin Books, 1995), 168-169.