by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Say dear, will you not have me?
Language: English
Say, dear, will you not have me? Here then that kiss take you gave me. You elsewhere perhaps think to bestow it, And I as loth again would be to owe it. Or if you will not, so take the thing once given: Let me kiss you, and so we shall be even.
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), "Say dear, will you not have me?", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 19, 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: 6
Word count: 53