Ah me! my mistress scorns my love (Thomas Bateson)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-05). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 58 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a tone from original key (as in the facsimile). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format. Revised files uploaded 28/01/19.
General Information
Title: Ah me! my mistress scorns my love
Composer: Thomas Bateson
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SST
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1598 in The First Set of English Madrigals to 3-6 voices, no. 4
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Original text and translations
English text
Ah me! my mistress scorns my love.
I fear she will most cruel prove.
Ah me! I weep, I sigh, I grieve and groan;
Yet she regardeth not my moan.
Then love, adieu, it fits not me,
To weep for her that laughs at thee.