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Sing we and chant it
While love doth grant it
Not long youth lasteth
And old age hasteth
Now is best leisure
To take our pleasure
All things invite us
Now to delight us
Hence, care, be packing!
No mirth be lacking!
Let spare no treasure
To live in pleasure

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in brown book: Five Centuries of Choral Music

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Composer
Thomas Morley

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Tradition(s)
Secular
Language(s)
English

Musicality

Instrumentation
A Cappella
Voicing
SSATB
Rote
Solo

Music

Publisher
G. Schirmer
Copy type
Octavo
Sheet music
Five Centuries of Choral Music

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