Our country-swains in the morris dance
Thus woo and win their brides,
Will for our town the hobby horse
At pleasure frolic rides:
I woo with tears and ne’er the near,
I die in grief and live in fear.

Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 96.

Composition:

Set to music by Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623), "Our country-swains in the morris dance", published 1597, from Madrigals to three, four, five and six voices, madrigal

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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