Will saide to his mammy - Jones, Robert

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre / Form → Madrigals ♬ Voicing → SAB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella or with lute and viol

Pages 3

CPDL # 18372

Editor Andreas Stenberg

Posted 2008-12-01

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Will saide to his mammy that he woulde goe woo, faine would he wed but he wot not who. In faith chil have a wife, R.: O what a life do I lead for a wife in my bed I may not tell you. O there to have a wife, O tis a smart to my hart, tis a racke to my backe and to my belly. Soft a while my lammy stay, and yet abide, hee like a foole as he was replied, Scarcely was hee wedded, Full a fortnights space, But that he was in a heavie case, Largely was he headded, And his checkes lookt thinne: And to repent he did thus beginne; A figge for such a wife, a wife, a wife, R. All you that are Batchelers, Be learned by crying will, better for to tarry, And alone to lie Then like a foole with a fool to drie: A figge for such a wife, R.

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