by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lady, the birds right fairly
Language: English
Lady the birds right fairly Are singing ever early The lark, the thrush, the nightingale The make-sport cuckoo and the quail. These sing of love, then why sleep ye, To love your sleep it may not be.
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 Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623), "Lady, the birds right fairly", published 1600 [chorus], from the collection Madrigals of five and six parts, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 37