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Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company" Lyrics

113 DEUS. Noe, take thou thy companye
114 and in the shippe hye that yee bee;
115 for non soe righteouse man to mee "
116 ys nowe one yearth livinge.
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139 After that, it is my likinge
140 mankynde for to anoye.
141 Fortye dayes and fortye nightes
142 rayne shall fall for there unrightes.
143 And that I have made through myghtes
144 nowe thinke I to distroye.

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153 NOE. Have donne, yee men and weomen all;
154 hye you lest this water fall,
155 that eyche beaste were in stall
156 and into the shippe broughte.
157 Of cleane beastes seaven shalbe,
158 of uncleane two; thus God bade mee.
159 The flood is nigh, you may well see;
160 therfore tarrye you nought.

161 SEM. Syr, here are lions, leopardes in;
162 horses, mares, oxen, and swynne,
163 geates, calves, sheepe, and kyne
164 here sytten thou may see.
165 CAM. Camelles, a****, man may fynde,
166 bucke and doe, harte and hynde.
167 All beastes of all manere of kynde
168 here bynne, as thinketh mee.

169 JAFETT. Take here cattes, dogges too,
170 otters and foxes, fullimartes alsoe;
171 hares hoppinge gayle can goe
172 here have colle for to eate.

173 NOES WIFE. And here are beares, wolves sett,
174 apes, owles, maremussett,
175 wesills, squerrells, and fyrrett;
176 here the eaten there meate.
177 SEMES WIFFE. Heare are beastes in this howse;
178 here cattes maken yt crowse;
179 here a rotten, here a mowse
180 that standen nere together.

181 CAMS WYFFE. And here are fowles lease and more-
182 hernes, cranes, and byttoer,
183 swanes, peacockes-and them before
184 meate for this wedder.

185 JAFETTES WYFFE. Here are c***es, kytes, crowes,
186 rookes, ravens, many rowes,
187 duckes, curlewes, whoever knowes,
188 eychone in his kynde.

189 SEMES WYFFE. And here are doves, digges, drakes,
190 redshankes monninge through lakes;
191 and eyche fowle that leadenn makes
192 in this shippe man may fynde.
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