Mistress mine, well may you fare (Thomas Morley)

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• (Posted 2017-02-16)  CPDL #43168:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-02-16).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #16201.

• (Posted 2008-02-19)  CPDL #16201:         

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General Information

Title: Mistress mine, well may you fare
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: T
Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute

First published: 1600 in First Book of Ayres, no. 8
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Original text and translations

English text

Mistress mine well may you fare Kind be your thoughts and void of care Sweet Saint Venus be your speed That you may in Love proceed. Coll me and clip and kiss me too , so, so, so, so,so true love should do.

This fair morning sunny bright That gives life to Love’s delight Every heart with heat enflames And but cold affection blames. Coll me…

In these woods are none but birds They can speak but silent words They are pretty harmless things They will shade us with their wings. Coll me…

Never strive nor make no noise ‘Tis for foolish girls and boys, Every childish thing can say, Go to, how now, pray away. Coll me…