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    It Was A Lover and His Lass

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    This musical work by Thomas Morley sets the text of a traditional English folk song called "It was a lover and his lass". The song tells the story of a lover and his lass walking through green cornfields in the springtime. It describes the pretty country fools lying in the fields and birds singing "hey ding-a-ding-a-ding". The lover and lass enjoy the spring sounds and sights together.

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    It Was A Lover and His Lass

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    This musical work by Thomas Morley sets the text of a traditional English folk song called "It was a lover and his lass". The song tells the story of a lover and his lass walking through green cornfields in the springtime. It describes the pretty country fools lying in the fields and birds singing "hey ding-a-ding-a-ding". The lover and lass enjoy the spring sounds and sights together.

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    Song from Shakespeare's original production of As You Like It

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    It Was a Lover and His Lass

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    This musical work by Thomas Morley sets the text of a traditional English folk song called "It was a lover and his lass". The song tells the story of a lover and his lass walking through green cornfields in the springtime. It describes the pretty country fools lying in the fields and birds singing "hey ding-a-ding-a-ding". The lover and lass enjoy the spring sounds and sights together.

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    It Was A Lover and His Lass

    Uploaded by

    Becca Owen
    This musical work by Thomas Morley sets the text of a traditional English folk song called "It was a lover and his lass". The song tells the story of a lover and his lass walking through green cornfields in the springtime. It describes the pretty country fools lying in the fields and birds singing "hey ding-a-ding-a-ding". The lover and lass enjoy the spring sounds and sights together.

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    The poem is about love between a lover and his lass in springtime, as expressed through the musical elements of birds singing and lovers loving the spring.

    The poem is about the love between a lover and his lass. It describes their love in springtime, when birds are singing and lovers enjoy being in love during the spring season.

    The poem incorporates musical elements like birds singing 'Hey ding, a-ding-a-ding' and lovers loving 'the ding-a-ding'. It has a lyrical, musical quality to how it describes the love between the characters.

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    Soprano II

    Tenor

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