All in the merrye month of May, When greene buds they were swellin, Yong Jemmye Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barbara Allen.
He called downe his merrye men all, By one, by two, by three; Sir William used to bee the first, But nowe the last came hee.
She cloathed herself in gallant attire, And her merrye men all in greene; And as they rid through every towne, They took her to be some queene.
Wo worth, wo worth ye, my merrye men all, 105 You never were borne for my goode: Why did you not offer to stay my hande, When you sawe me wax so woode?
Then bespake him sir Gawaine, That was ever a gentle knighte: That lothly ladye I will wed; Therefore be merrye and lighte.
All in the merrye month of may, 5 When greene buds they were swellin, Yong Jemmye Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barbara Allen.
He called downe his merrye men all, By one, by two, by three; Sir William used to bee the first, 55 But nowe the last came hee.
Now, by my troth," quoth this old man; "you are a merrye gentle man.
And yee fayr dames of merrye Englande, As faste youre teares muste poure; For manye's the valiante Englisheman That yee sall see noe more.
And when the newes cam to merrye Englande Of the battle in the northe; Oh then kynge Stephen and hys nobles So merrylie marched forthe.
Another instance of the agglutinative process may be cited in the gradual growth of the Robin Hood ballads into a sort of epic, the first draught of which we may see in the Merrye Geste.
Mihi isthic nec seritur nec metitur; it is to mee neither a sorrye turne nor a merrye turne.
Juno & Jove fell out, both biggest gods, And I was hee tooke vpp the merrye oddes.
Kyng Estmere tooke that fayre ladye, And marryed her to his wiffe, And brought her home to merrye England, With her to leade his life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merrye" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
