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==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 (Thomas Morley)|''First Book of Ayres'']] (1600) reading "Then, pretty lovers, take the time".

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*[[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
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*[[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 (John Whittaker)|John Whittaker]] SATB
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==Text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{Vs|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.''

{{Vs|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,…''

{{Vs|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,…''

{{Vs|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,…''}}

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