by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) and by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Better music ne'er was known
Language: English
Better music ne'er was known Than a pair of hearts in one. Let each other that hath been Troubled with the gall or spleen Learn of us to keep his brow Smooth and plain as ours are now! Sing, though before the hour of dying He shall rise and then be crying: Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! 'Tis nought but mirth That keeps his body from the earth.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625) [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 Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Better music ne'er was known", published 1898 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Eight Four-part Songs, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 65