It was a Lover and His Lass
Music: Frederick Delius (1862–1934) · Words: William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
It was a lover and his lass With a hey and a ho
and a hey nonino That o'er the green cornfield
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The words
It was a lover and his lass With a hey and a ho
and a hey nonino That o'er the green cornfield
did pass In the Springtime the only pretty
ringtime When the birds do sing hey dingading
ding, Sweet lovers love the Spring
Between the acres of the rye With a hey and a
ho and a hey nonino These pretty country
folk would lie
In the Springtime the only pretty ringtime
When birds do sing hey dingading ding Sweet
lovers love the spring. hey nonino hey nonino
hey nonino
And therefore take the present time With a hey
and a ho and a hey nonino; For love is crowned
with the prime In the springtime the only
pretty ring time When the birds do sing hey
dingading ding Sweet lovers love the Spring
Hey nonino hey nonino hey nonino hey
nonino.
About this song
- Music
- Frederick Delius (1862–1934) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1919, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:31
- Its source files it as
- 4 Old English Lyrics
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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