 | Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson |  |
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[In The merry Month of May]
[1]
In The merry Month of May,On a Morne by breake of day
Forth I Walked the woods so wide,
When as May was in her pride,
There I spyed all alone
Philliday with Coridon.
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Much a doe there was god wot,He could Love but shee could not,
His Love Hee said was ever true,
Nor was mine e're false to you.
He said he had Lov'd her long,
Shee said Love should have no wrong.
3
Coridon would Kisse her then,Shee said Maids must kisse no men
'Till they kist for good and all,
Then Shee made the Shepheards call:
All the godds to witnesse sooth
Ne're was lov'd a fairer youth.
4
Then with many a pretty OathAs yea and nay and faith and troath,
Such as silly Sheapheards use
When they will not Love abuse,
Love that had been long deluded,
Was with kisses sweet concluded:
And Philliday with Garlands gay
Was crown'd the Lady of the May.
| Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | |