by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
This Love is but a wanton fit
Language: English
This Love is but a wanton fit, Deluding every youngling's wit. Fa la la la la la. The winged boy doth never light, but where he finds an idle wight. Fa la la la la la.
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), "This Love is but a wanton fit", published 1606 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 22, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 36