by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The bachelor
Language: English
In all this warld nis a meriar life Than is a young man withouten a wife; For he may liven with outen strife, In every place where so he go. In every place he is loved over all, Among the maidens grete and small, In dauncing, in piping, and renning at the ball, In every place where so he go. Then sey maidens, "Farewell, Jacke! Thy love is pressed all in thy pake; Thou berest thy love behind thy back," In every place where so he go.
Note: nis = is not.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 15th century )  [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 Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "The bachelor", 1922, published 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 87