by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Hey nonny no!
Language: English
Hey nonny no! Men are fools that wish to die. Is't not fine to dance and sing When the bells of death do ring? Is't not fine to swim in wine, And turn upon the toe And sing Hey nonny no, while the winds blow and the seas flow? Hey nonny no! Hey nonny no!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Hey Nonny No!" [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs: The Words from Old England, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "Hey nonny no!", from Tenebrae, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gordon Crosse (b. 1937), "Round: Hey nonny no!", op. 17 no. 8 (1966), published 1967, first performed 1966 [ soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra ], from Changes - A Nocturnal Cycle, no. 8, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Mary Smyth, Dame (1858 - 1944), "Hey nonny no!", published 1911 [ chorus and orchestra ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel ; source given as "nach einem Christ Church Manuskript aus dem 16. Jh." [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 55