by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Heigh ho! chill go to plough no more!
Language: English
Heigh ho! chill go to plough no more! Sit down and take thy rest; Of golden groats I have full store To flaunt it with the best. But I love and I love, and who thinks you? The finest lass that e’er you knew, Which makes me sing when I should cry Heigh ho! for love I die.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 38.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Mundy (1550 - 1630), "Heigh ho! chill go to plough no more!", published 1594, from the collection Songs and Psalms [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 58