I lay with an old man (Thomas Ravenscroft)
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- Editors: Greg Lindahl and Bernard Roth (submitted 2001-06-06). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 130 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: I lay with an old man
Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: 4 equal voices
Genre: Secular, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Melismata (1611)
Description: One voice only, #10 from 'Melismata'
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Original text and translation
English text
I lay with an old man all the night,
I turned to him and he to me,
hee could not doe so well as hee might,
but he would faine,
but it would not bee.