Hey nonny no! (Henry Ernest Nichol)

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• (Posted 2023-11-21)  CPDL #77517:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-21).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 359 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Hey nonny no!
Composer: Henry Ernest Nichol
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1893 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations

English text

Oh! the first of May was a merry, merry day,
In the times of long ago,
For lad and lass went a-dancing on the grass,
With a hey nonny no.

With a derry down day,
And a fa la la la lay,
And a hey nonny no.

On the first of May all around is glad and gay,
For the winds of spring do blow,
And all the birds seem to sing the merry words
With a hey nonny no.

For the first of May is still a time for play,
As the hearts of children know,
So let us sing while we’re tripping in a ring,
With a hey nonny no.

“Colin Sterne”