by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Come pretty wag and sing
Language: English
Come pretty wag and sing, The suns all ripening wing, fans up the wanton spring, O let us both, let's both goe chant it, O how fresh May doth flant it.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Private Musicke, ed. by Martin Peerson (or Pearson), first published 1620 [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Come pretty wag and sing", published 1620, from Private Musicke, ed. by Martin Peerson (or Pearson) [text not verified]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Come pretty wag", published 1898 [satb chorus a cappella], from Eight Four-part Songs, no. 6. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 31