It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley, Thomas)

First Publication	1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, lute, viol; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the lute; Scores featuring the viol; For voices with solo instruments; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Misc. Notes	Transcribed after Gordon J Callon for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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Complete Score (F major)
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Editor	Gordon Callon
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Complete Score
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Arranger	David Edward Kemp (b. 1948)
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Arranger	Landon Ronald (1873–1938)
Editor	Madeleine Madrigal
Publisher. Info.	Madeleine Madrigal, 2025.
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Misc. Notes	Originally published in "The News Chronicle: Music for the Home ed. Ronald, L (1932). My copy is too badly damaged for a satisfactory scan, so I have transcribed and engraved it myself.
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Work Title	It Was a Lover and His Lass
Alternative. Title
Composer	Morley, Thomas
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ITM 79
Key	G major
First Publication.	1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Librettist	William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	soprano, lute, bass viol
Extra Information	This song appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (Act V, Scene 3), but the relationship of Morley's setting to the play is unclear.