Elway Bevin
 (c.1555 - 1638)

I had both money and a friend
 (A.T.B.)
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A freeman's song recorded in John Baldwin's Commonplace Book.
Lyrics: Anon

I had both money and a friend;
Of neither thought no store.
I lent my money to my friend
And took his bond there for.
I asked my money of my friend,
But naught for words I got:
I lost my money to keep my friend,
For sue him would I not
But then, if money come
And friend again were found,
I would lend no money to my friend,
Upon no kind of bond.

But after this, for money com'th
A friend, with pawn to pay;
But when the money should be had,
My friend used such delay,
That need of money did me force
My friend his pawn to sell;
And so I got my money,
But my friend clean from me fell.

Sith bond for money lent to my friend,
Nor pawn assurance is,
But that my money or my friend
Thereby I ever miss.
If God send money and a friend
As I have had before,
I will keep my money and save my friend,
And play the fool no more.