by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Song: Come a shore, come, merrie mates
Language: English
Come a shore, come, merrie mates, With your nimble heeles and pates : Summon eu'ry man his Knight, Enough honour's is this night. Now, let your Sea-borne Goddesse come, Quench these lights, and make all dombe. Some sleepe ; others let her call : And so Godnight to all, godnight to all.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [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 Campion (1567 - 1620), "Song: Come a shore, come, merrie mates", published 1614, from the collection The Description of a Maske on S. Stephen's Night, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 49