Classical Music | Soprano

Gerald Finzi

It was a lover and his lass, from Let us garlands bring  Play

Rachel Schutz Soprano
Jonathan Korth Piano

Recorded on 12/04/2013, uploaded on 06/25/2014

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

It was a lover and his lass

William Shakespeare

It was a lover and his lass,

  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino

That o'er the green corn-field did pass.

  In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;

Sweet lovers love the spring.

 

Between the acres of the rye,

  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

These pretty country folks would lie,

  In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;

Sweet lovers love the spring.

 

This carol they began that hour,

  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

How that a life was but a flower

  In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;

Sweet lovers love the spring.

 

And therefore take the present time

  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

For love is crownéd with the prime

  In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;

Sweet lovers love the spring.

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