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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MONTH OF MAYING, by THOMAS MORLEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Now is the month of maying
Last Line: Shall we play barley-break.
Variant Title(s): Madrigal Set By Thomas Morley (11)
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers
First Line: Now is the month of maying
Last Line: Shall we play barley-break.
Variant Title(s): Madrigal Set By Thomas Morley (11)
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers
Now is the month of maying,
When merry lads are playing
Each with his bonny lass
Upon the greeny grass.
Fa la la!
The spring clad all in gladness
Doth laugh at winter's sadness,
And to the bagpipe's sound
The nymphs tread out their ground.
Fa la la!
Fie then, why sit we musing,
Youth's sweet delight refusing?
Say, dainty nymphs, and speak,
Shall we play barley-break.
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