by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Our Bonny‑boots could toot it
Language: English
Our Bonny boots could toot it, yea and foot it. Say, lusty lads who now shall bonnyboot it? Who but the jolly shepherd, bonny Dorus? He now must lead the morris dance before us.
Text 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 Morley (1557 - 1602), "Our Bonny-boots could toot it", published 1597 [ vocal quintet a cappella ], from Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices, no. 9, London: Peter Short [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 34