Men are fools that wish to die (Charles Harford Lloyd)

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• (Posted 2023-11-09)  CPDL #77159:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 495 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Men are fools that wish to die
Composer: Charles Harford Lloyd
Lyricist: Nathaniel Giles
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1898 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Hey nonny no!
Men are fools that wish to die!
Is’t not fine to dance and sing
When the bells of death do ring?
Is’t not fine
To swim in wine,
And turn upon the toe
And sing hey nonny no,
When the winds blow
And the seas flow?
Hey nonny no!