Songs from Shakesphere
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Songs from Shakesphere


Sigh No More

" Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing contsant never:
Then sigh not so, but let then go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sonds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.

Sing no more ditties, sing no more,
Of sumps and so dull and heavy;
To fraud of men was every so,
Sonce summers first was leavy:
then sigh not so, &C."

-Much Ado About Nothing (II, iii)

Tell Me Where Is Fancy's Bred

"Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how nourished?

Reply, reply
It is engendred in the eyes,
WIth gazing fed: and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
Let us all ring fancy's knell:

I'll begin it - Ding, dong, bell.
Ding, dong bell."

-The Merchant of Venice (III, ii)

It Was a Lover and His Lass

"It was a lover and his lass,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonnio,

That o'er the green cornfeild did pass.
In the springtime, the only pretty ringtime,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.

This carol they bean that hour,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonnio,

How that life was but a flower
In the springtime, the only pretty ringtime,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.

And therefore take the present time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonnio,

For love is crowned with the prime
In the springtime, the only pretty ringtime,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring."

-As You Like It. (V, iii)


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