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In the merry month of May, | |||
In a morn by break of day, | |||
With a troop of damsels playing | |||
Forth I rode, forsooth, a-maying, | |||
When anon by a woodside, | |||
Where as May was in his pride, | |||
I espied, all alone, | |||
Phyllida and Corydon. | |||
Much ado there was, God wot! | |||
He would love, and she would not: | |||
She said, never man was true; | |||
He says, none was false to you. | |||
He said, he had loved her long: | |||
She says, Love should have no wrong. | |||
Corydon would kiss her then, | |||
She says, maids must kiss no men, | |||
Till they do for good and all. | |||
Then she made the shepherd call | |||
All the heavens to witness, truth | |||
Never loved a truer youth. | |||
Thus with many a pretty oath, | |||
Yea, and nay, and faith and troth! - | |||
Such as silly shepherds use | |||
When they will not love abuse; | |||
Love, which had been long deluded, | |||
Was with kisses sweet concluded: | |||
And Phyllida, with garlands gay, | |||
Was made the lady of the May.}} | |||
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- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2024-04-06). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 164 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Phyllida and Corydon
Composer: Ernest John Moeran
Lyricist: Nicholas Breton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1939
Description: Originally published by Novello and Co Ltd, in 1939
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Original text and translations
English text
In the merry month of May,
In a morn by break of day,
With a troop of damsels playing
Forth I rode, forsooth, a-maying,
When anon by a woodside,
Where as May was in his pride,
I espied, all alone,
Phyllida and Corydon.
Much ado there was, God wot!
He would love, and she would not:
She said, never man was true;
He says, none was false to you.
He said, he had loved her long:
She says, Love should have no wrong.
Corydon would kiss her then,
She says, maids must kiss no men,
Till they do for good and all.
Then she made the shepherd call
All the heavens to witness, truth
Never loved a truer youth.
Thus with many a pretty oath,
Yea, and nay, and faith and troth! -
Such as silly shepherds use
When they will not love abuse;
Love, which had been long deluded,
Was with kisses sweet concluded:
And Phyllida, with garlands gay,
Was made the lady of the May.