by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My bonny lass she smileth
Language: English
My bonny lass she smileth, When she my heart beguileth, Fa la la... Smile less, dear love, therefore, And you shall love me more. Fa la la... When she her sweet eye turneth, Oh, how my heart it burneth! Fa la la... Dear love, call in their light, Or else you burn me quite! Fa la la...
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), "My bonny lass she smileth" [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 57