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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Whither away so fast
Language: English 
Whither away so fast, so fast?
Tell me my dearest dear darling:
Whither away so fast, alone so fast away,
Whither away so fast from me your true love,
Your true love approved?
What haste I say, what haste,
Mine own best darling dear beloved?
Then lo I come, dispatch thee I come,
I come, lo I come, dispatch thee I come,
Hence I say, away, hence, away, or I catch thee.
Think not thus away to 'scape all alone without me;
But run, you need not doubt me: What now?
What faint you, of your sweet feet forsaken?
O well I see you mean to mock me, run, I say,
Or else I catch you; what you halt? O do you so?
Alack the while; what are you down? 
Pretty maid, well overtaken. What now? 
What faint you, of your sweet feet forsaken?
O well I see you mean to mock me; 
Run, I say, or else I catch you. 
What, you halt? O do you so?
Alack the while, what, are you down? 
Pretty maid, well overtaken.

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 Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Whither away so fast", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 7, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 23
Word count: 179

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