Paroles
Mentioned with others ballads by Sir Toby in Shakespeare's
Twelth Night, Act II
Scene 3. Chappell says the words to the ballads may be found in Peele's
The Old Wive's Tales
from 1595 and the tune in John Playford's M.S common place book. Neither Chappelle, Long nor Gibbon give more than these two lines.
Three merry men and three merry men and three merry men are we.
I in the wood and thou on the ground and Jack sleeps in the tree.
