Now Is the Month of Maying

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Now is the month of maying is one of the most famous of the English madrigals, by Thomas Morley published in 1595. It is based on a text used by Orazio Vecchi in 1590 (see ref 1 and supporting recording)

Two verses of the soprano lyrics (from the ChoralWiki) are as follows:

Now is the month of maying,

When merry lads are playing,

Fa la la la la.

Each with his bonny lass,

upon the greeny grass,

Fa la la la la.

[edit] References

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