by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Hey ho, to the greenwood
Language: English
Hey ho, to the greenwood now let us go, Sing hey and ho, And there shall we find both buck and doe, Sing hey and ho, The hart and hind and the little pretty roe, Sing hey and ho.
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 William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Hey ho, to the greenwood" [text verified 1 time]
- by Melvill David , "Hey ho, to the greenwood", published 1612 [vocal trio], a round in Book of Roundels [text verified 1 time]
- by Thomas Ravenscroft (c1582 - c1635), "Hey ho, to the greenwood" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 39