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