My bonny lass she smileth
Thomas Morley
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- Voicing
- SATTB
- Key
- G major
- Time
- 2/2
- Tempo
- quarter note = 140
- Length
- 56 bars
The parts
The opening, 12 bars, on the app's piano: your part clearly, the others quietly.
Soprano part
Range
Lowest F♯4Highest G5
Alto part
Range
Lowest B3Highest C5
Tenor 1 part
Range
Lowest G3Highest A4
Tenor 2 part
Range
Lowest D3Highest G4
Bass part
Range
Lowest G2Highest A3
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The words
Verse 1
My bonny lass she smileth, When she my heart beguileth. Fa la la la la la la, fa la la la, fa la la la la, fa la la la la la. la. Smile less, dear love, therefore, And you shall love me more. Fa la la, fa la la la, fa la la, fa la la la la la la la la la la la la la. Smile la. When she her sweet eye turneth, O how my heart it burneth! Fa la la la la la la, fa la la la, fa la la la la, fa la la la la la. la. Dear love, call in their light, Or else you burn me quite! Fa la la, fa la la la, fa la la, fa la la la la la la la la la la la la la. Dear la.
Free to sing: Thomas Morley died in 1602.