Blac

blac is a colour that is good

so say I and many mo

blac is my hat, blac is my hood

blac is all that longeth therto

summe men sayen I am blac-

it is a colour for my prow

ther I love, ther is no lac

I may not be so white as thou

blac wol do as good as nede

as the whiteat bord and bedde

and therto also trew in dede

and therto I ley my life to wedde

blac is a colour that is good

so say I and many mo

blac is my hat, blac is my hood

blac is all that longeth therto

wind and water may steyne the white

iwis; the blac it may not so

ther is the blac is all my delite

I am iholde be skile therto

pepper withoute it is well blac

iwis, withinne it is not so

lat go the colour an tak the smac

this I sey by me and mo

blac is a colour that is good

so say I and many mo

blac is my hat, blac is my hood

blac is all that longeth therto