April is in my mistress' face

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April is in my mistress' face written by Thomas Morley is one of the best-known and shortest of English madrigals; it was published in 1594, and appears to be based on an Italian text by Livio Celiano, set by Orazio Vecchi in 1587; (see ref. 1 and accompanying recording).

The following text is from the ChoralWiki

April is in my mistress' face,

And July in her eyes hath place;

Within her bosom is September,

But in her heart a cold December.

[edit] References

Phillip Ledger (ed) The Oxford Book of English Madrigals (1978) Oxford University Press, and co-issued recording, by Pro Cantione Antiqua