Since I Am Sworn to Live My Life

Since I am sworn to live my life,
And not to keep an easy heart,
Some men may sit and drink apart⁠—
I bear a banner in the strife.

Some can take quiet thought to wife⁠—
I am all day at tierce and carte;
Since I am sworn to live my life
And not to keep an easy heart.

I follow gaily to the fife,
Leave wisdom bowed above a chart
And prudence brawling in the mart,
And dare misfortune to the knife,
Since I am sworn to live my life.