by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Whither away so fast
Language: English
Whither away so fast, so fast? Tell me my dearest dear darling: Whither away so fast, alone so fast away, Whither away so fast from me your true love, Your true love approved? What haste I say, what haste, Mine own best darling dear beloved? Then lo I come, dispatch thee I come, I come, lo I come, dispatch thee I come, Hence I say, away, hence, away, or I catch thee. Think not thus away to 'scape all alone without me; But run, you need not doubt me: What now? What faint you, of your sweet feet forsaken? O well I see you mean to mock me, run, I say, Or else I catch you; what you halt? O do you so? Alack the while; what are you down? Pretty maid, well overtaken. What now? What faint you, of your sweet feet forsaken? O well I see you mean to mock me; Run, I say, or else I catch you. What, you halt? O do you so? Alack the while, what, are you down? Pretty maid, well overtaken.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Whither away so fast", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 7, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 23
Word count: 179