Aris Christofellis - Thomas Morley - It was a lover and his lass.

Thomas Morley: It was a lover and his lass
(As You Like It)
(Music in Shakespeare's time, Track 10)

It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, with a ho, with 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;
Sweet lovers love the spring.

Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, with a ho, with a hey nonino
Those pretty country folks would lie

In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.

Then pretty lovers take their time
With a hey, with a ho, with a hey nonino
For love is crown'd with the prime

In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Music sample - Thomas Morley: It was a lover and his lass (As You Like It)
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Aris Christofellis - Thomas Morley - It was a lover and his lass.