A LYKE-WAKE DIRGE.
This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Everie nighte and alle,
Fire, and sleete, and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy sauie.
When thou from hence away art past,
Everie nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou comest at last,
And Christe receive thy saule.
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,
Everie nighte and alle,
Sit thee down and put them on,
And Christe receive thy saule.
The Green Sheaf
If hosen and shoon thou gavest nane
Everie nighte and alle,
e whinnes shall pricke thee to the bare bane,
And Christe receive thy saule.
From Whinny-muir when thou mayst passe,
Everie nighte and alle,
To Brigg o’Dread thou comest at last,
Christe receive thy saule.
✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱
From Brigg o’Dread when thou mayst passe,
Everie nighte and alle,
To Purgatory Fire thou comest at last,
And Christe receive thy saule.
If ever thou gavest meate or drinke,
Everie nighte and alle,
The fire shall never make thee shrinke,
And Christe receive thy saule.
If meat or drinke thou gavest nane,
Everie nighte and alle,
The fire will burne thee to the bare bane,
And Christe receive thy saule.
This ae nighte, this ae night,
Everie nighte and alle,
Fire, and sleete, and candle-1ighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.
MLA citation:
Anon. “A Lyke-Wake Dirge,” illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. The Green Sheaf, No. 11, 1904, pp. 5-6. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/GSV11-lyke-wake/