by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tantara cries Mars
Language: English
Tantara, rantara, cries Mars on bloody rapier, Fa la, fa la, fa la, fa la, cries Venus in her chamber. Toodle loodle loo, cries Pan that cuckoo, With bells at his shoe, and a fiddle too. Aye me, but I, alas, lie weeping, For death has slain my sweeting, Which hath my heart in keeping.
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), "Tantara cries Mars", published 1608 [three-part chorus a cappella], from the collection Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices, no. 7, Thomas Este, London [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 55