by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A pretty little bonny lass
Language: English
A little pretty bonny lass was walking In midst of May before the sun 'gan rise. I took her by the hand and fell to talking Of this and that, as best I could devise. I swore I would, yet still she said I should not Do what I would, and yet for all I could not.
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 Farmer (c1570 - c1601?5), "A pretty little bonny lass", published 1599 [SATB chorus a cappella], from the collection First Set of English Madrigals [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 57