Robin Williamson - Pastime With Good Company lyrics

pastime with good company

i love and shall untill i die

grudge who will let none deny

so god be pleased this life will i

for my pastance* hunt sing and dance

my heart is set

all goodly sport for my comfort

who shall me let

youth will needs have dalliance

of good or ill some pastance

company my thinketh best

all thoughts and fancies to digest

for idleness is chief mistress

of vices all

then who can say but pass the day

is best of all

company with honesty is virtue

and vice to flee

company is good or ill

but every man has his free will

the best i sue the worst eschew

my mind shall be

virtue to use vice to refuse

i shall use me