Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees in Middle English (English in the period 1100s to 1400s)

Published: 02 August 2022
on channel: Silly Linguistics

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Wel, thou canst see by the weye I walke
I am a lover man, no tyme to speke
Songes loud and wyfes warm, hadde I been kicked around
Syn I was bore
And now it is goode, it is well
And thou mighte look the other weye
We cunne to understonde
The lustful innes effect on man

Be ye a sire or be ye wenche
So thou blivest quike, blivest quike
Feel the citee brekynge, everichon shakynge
And so we bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike
Wel now, I daunce low and I daunce high
And if neither can I get, soothly I fandie
Got wynges of hevene on my shoes
I dance oft and I can soothly nat losen
And now it is goode, it is well
I shall bliven another day
We cunne to understonde
The lustful innes effect on man

Be ye a sire or be ye wenche
So thou blivest quike, blivest quike
Feel the citee brekynge, everichon shakynge
And so we bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike (ohh)
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
So I blive quike
Wel, thou canst see by the weye I walke
I am a lover man, no tyme to speke
Songes loud and wyfes warm, hadde I been kicked around
Syn I was bore
And now it is goode, it is well
And thou mighte look the other weye
We cunne to understonde
The lustful innes effect on man

Be ye a sire or be ye wenche
So thou blivest quike, blivest quike

Feel the citee brekynge, everichon shakynge
And so we bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike, bliven quike
Ah, ha, ha, ha, bliven quike
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yea
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me, yea
So I blive quike
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yea (ah, ah, ah)
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me, yea
So I blive quike
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yea (ah, ah, ah, ay)
Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea
So I blive quike
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yea (ohh)
Lyfe goeth nowher, somebody help me, yea
So I blive quike

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