Pastorals.
[I. First part. Sweet Muses]
Sweet Muses, sweet Muses, Nimphs and
Shepherds sporting
Sweet Muses, sweet Muses, Nimphs and
Shepherds sporting, Sound your shrillest notes of ioy consorting,
Faunes and Satires all, and thou Eccho, Eccho, Eccho, sing after me,
sing sing after me, Ta na na na na na no. Ta na na na na na no:
Now ioyne we all together,to welcome Syluia hether, and sweetly sing
Ta na na na no. ta na na na na na na no. ta ta ta na na na no.
[II. 2. Part. Aye me, Aye me]
Aye me, Aye me, wherfore sighs the faire Syluia?
Aye me, Aye me, wherfore sighs the faire Syluia?
Syluia? Syluia? (Alas) for her Syrenio. But why Rodanthe fayrest? for her sweet
Sylvia dearest, Aye me, Aye me, Eccho, Eccho, Eccho, sweetly sing,
Nimphs and Swaines reporting, Aye me, Aye me, Aye me, Aye me,
[III. 3. Part. My peace and my pleasure]
My peace and my pleasure
My peace and my pleasure, Loue and chiefest
treasure, Lady thou goddesse Pallas, And all thy Satirs, Sweet
Muses, Nimphs & Shepherds sporting, Sound your shrillest notes of
Ioy consorting, Faunes and Satires all, and thou Eccho, Eccho, Eccho, sing
after me, sing after me, sing after me, Ta na na na na na no. Ta na na na na na no.
Now ioyne we all together, to welcome Syluia hether, And
sweetly sing, Ta na na na no. Ta na na na na na na no. Ta na na na na no,
Ta na na na na na na no. Ta na na na na na na na no.
