by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Why are you Ladies staying
Language: English
Why are you Ladies staying, And your Lords gone a-maying? Run apace and meet them And with your garlands greet them. ’Twere pity they should miss you, For they will sweetly kiss you.
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), "Why are you Ladies staying", published 1600 [chorus], from the collection Madrigals of five and six parts, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-24
Line count: 6
Word count: 33