by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Simkin said that Sis was fair
Language: English
Simkin said that Sis was fair, And that he meant to love her; He set her on his ambling mare, — All this he did to prove her. When they came home Sis floted cream And poured it through a strainer, But sware that Simkin should have none Because he did disdain her.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 105.
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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 Giles Farnaby (c1563 - 1640), "Simkin said that Sis was fair", published 1598 [vocal quartet], from the collection Canzonets to four voices [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 53