I saw my lovely Phillis (Thomas Morley)

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• CPDL #25237:  I_saw_my_lovely_Phillis.pdf  I_saw_my_lovely_Phillis.mid  I_saw_my_lovely_Phillis.mxl  I_saw_my_lovely_Phillis.cap 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-12-29).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on #15000, with corrections. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• CPDL #15000:       

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-11).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 68 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: On external site, listed alphabetically under "Ballets".

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: I saw my lovely Phillis
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1595 in First Book of Ballets, no. 8

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Original text and translations

English text

1. I saw my lovely Phillis,
 Laid on a bank of lilies.
 Fa la la.
 But when herself alone she there espieth,
 On me she smileth, and home away she flieth.
 Fa la la.

2. Why flies my best beloved,
 From me her love approved.
 Fa la la.
 See, see what I have here, fine sweet musk roses,
 To deck that bosom, where love herself reposes.
 Fa la la.