Lyrics or Keywords
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
Notes
in brown book: Five Centuries of Choral Music
People
Composer
Thomas Morley
Tags
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