It was a lover and his lass, Thomas Morley

Canzonet performed by Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano, and Joel Spears, lute, on their February concert as part of the 2012-2013 season of Early Music at the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing in Grayslake IL. Here is text, adapted from Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It:“ It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino, That o’er the green cornfields did pass In spring-time, the only pretty ring-time, When birds do sing, hey ding-a-ding-a-ding; Sw
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