by Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626)
A report song
Language: English
Shall we go dance the hay, the hay? Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay. Shall we go sing the song, the song? Never Love did ever wrong. Fair maids, hold hands all along. Shall we go learn to woo, to woo? Never thought came ever to Better deed could better do. Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss? Never heart could ever miss Comfort, where true meaning is. Thus at base they run, they run When the sport was scarce begun. But I waked, and all was done.
Authorship:
- by Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626) [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 (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "A report song", 1938, published 1938, from Five XVIth Century Poems, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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