Ballads, English -- Texts; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Songs, English -- England -- Texts
"Maids are simple," some men say (Campion)
Maids to bed and cover coal (Melismata)
More than most fair, full of all heavenly fire (Peerson)
Mother, I will have a husband (Vautor)
My hope a counsel with my heart (Este)
My love bound me with a kiss (Jones)
My love is neither young nor old (Jones)
My mind to me a kingdom is (Byrd)
My prime of youth is but a frost of cares (Mundy)
My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love (Campion)
My Thoughts are winged with Hopes, my Hopes with Love (John Dowland)
Never love unless you can (Campion)
Now each creature joys the other (Farmer)
Now every tree renews his summer's green (Weelkes)
Now God be with old Simeon (Pammelia)
Now have I learn'd with much ado at last (Jones)
Now I see thy looks were feigned (Ford)
Now is my Chloris fresh as May (Weelkes)
Now is the month of maying (Morley)
Now let her change! and spare not (Campion)
Now let us make a merry greeting (Weelkes)
Now what is love, I pray thee tell (Jones)
Now winter nights enlarge (Campion)
O say, dear life, when shall these twin-born berries (Ward)
O stay, sweet love; see here the place of sporting (Farmer)
O sweet, alas, what say you (Morley)
O sweet delight, O more than human bliss (Campion)
Oft have I mused the cause to find (Jones)
On a time the amorous Silvy (Attye)
Once did I love and yet I live (Jones)
Once I thought to die for love (Youll)
Our country swains in the morris dance (Weelkes)
Pierce did love fair Petronel (Farnaby)
Pour forth, mine eyes, the fountains of your tears (Pilkington)
Robin is a lovely lad (Mason and Earsden)
Round-a, round-a, keep your ring (Ravenscroft)
See, see, mine own sweet jewel (Morley)
Shall a frown or angry eye (Corkine)
Shall I abide this jesting (Alison)
Shall I come, sweet Love, to thee (Campion)
Shall I look to ease my grief (Jones)
She whose matchless beauty staineth (Jones)
Shoot, false Love! I care not (Morley)
Silly boy! 'tis full moon yet, thy night as day shines clearly (Campion)
Simkin said that Sis was fair (Farnaby)
Since first I saw your face I resolved to honour and renown ye (Ford)
Sing we and chant it (Morley)
Sister, awake! close not your eyes (Bateson)
Sleep, angry beauty, sleep and fear not me (Campion)
So light is love, in matchless beauty shining (Wilbye)
Some can flatter, some can feign (Corkine)
Sweet, come again (Campion and Rosseter)
Sweet Cupid, ripen her desire (Corkine)
Sweet heart, arise! why do you sleep (Weelkes)
Sweet Kate (Jones)
Sweet Love, if thou wilt gain a monarch's glory (Wilbye)
Sweet Love, I will no more abuse thee (Weelkes)
Sweet Love, my only treasure (Jones)
Sweet, stay awhile; why will you rise (John Dowland)
Sweet Suffolk owl so trimly dight (Vautor)
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