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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
{{Lyricist|William Shakespeare}} | {{Lyricist|William Shakespeare}} | ||
Song from ''As You Like It'' Act V, Scene 3, sung by two pages at the request of Touchstone. In Shakespeare's First Folio verse 4 begins "And therefore take the present time", Morley's [[First Book of Ayres (Thomas Morley)|''First Book of Ayres'']] (1600) reading "Then, pretty lovers, take the time". | |||
*[https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14870 Extensive list of settings] at E. Ezust's www.lieder.net | |||
==Settings by composers== | ==Settings by composers== | ||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Thomas Morley)|Thomas Morley]] SATB, SST, SAT | *[[Shakespeare Songs 1: It was a lover and his lass (William Armiger)|William Armiger]] SATB | ||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Joseph Barnby)|Joseph Barnby]] SATB, with TB divisi (vv1,3 & 4) | |||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Josiah Booth)|Josiah Booth]] SATB (4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.") | |||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (George Alexander Macfarren)|George Alexander Macfarren]] SATB (4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.") | |||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Thomas Morley)|Thomas Morley]] voice, lute & bass viol; variously arranged for SATB, SST, SAT | |||
*[[A Spring Song, Op. 21 no. 2 (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)|Charles Hubert Hastings Parry]] S solo, with piano | |||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Richard John Samuel Stevens)|Richard John Samuel Stevens]] SSATB (vv. 1,4; 4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.") | |||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (Eva Toller)|Eva Toller]] SSAATTBB | *[[It was a lover and his lass (Eva Toller)|Eva Toller]] SSAATTBB | ||
*[[It was a lover and his lass (John Whittaker)|John Whittaker]] SATB | |||
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==Text and translations== | ==Text and translations== | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 13 September 2021
General information
Lyricist: William Shakespeare Song from As You Like It Act V, Scene 3, sung by two pages at the request of Touchstone. In Shakespeare's First Folio verse 4 begins "And therefore take the present time", Morley's First Book of Ayres (1600) reading "Then, pretty lovers, take the time".
- Extensive list of settings at E. Ezust's www.lieder.net
Settings by composers
- William Armiger SATB
- Joseph Barnby SATB, with TB divisi (vv1,3 & 4)
- Josiah Booth SATB (4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.")
- George Alexander Macfarren SATB (4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.")
- Thomas Morley voice, lute & bass viol; variously arranged for SATB, SST, SAT
- Charles Hubert Hastings Parry S solo, with piano
- Richard John Samuel Stevens SSATB (vv. 1,4; 4th verse begins,"And therefore take the present time.")
- Eva Toller SSAATTBB
- John Whittaker SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- David Christmas Williams — It was a lover and his lass
Text and translations
English text
1 It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonny no,
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;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
2 Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonny no,
These pretty country folks would lie,
In spring time,…
3 This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonny no,
How that a life was but a flower
In spring time,…
4 Then, pretty lovers, take the time
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonny no,
For love is crownéd with the prime
In spring time,…