IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS.
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ARTHUR FOOTE, Op. 10, No. 1.
Copyright, 1886, by Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
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1. It was a lover and his lass, With a hey and a ho, With a hey and a ho, and a hey, and a hey non-i-no! That o'er the green cornfield did pass, In the springtime, the springtime, The only pretty ring-time, When birds do sing hey ding a ding! Sweet lovers love the spring. |
2. And therefore take the present time, With a hey and a ho, With a hey and a ho, and a hey, and a hey non-i-no! For love is crowned with the prime, In the springtime, the springtime, The only pretty ring-time, When birds do sing hey ding a ding! Sweet lovers love the Spring. (Shakespeare.) |
His greatest work is undoubtedly his symphonic prologue to Dante's story of "Francesca da Rimini," for full orchestra. Without being informed upon the subject, I fancy a certain programmism in the prologue that is not indicated in the quotation at the beginning of the work:
"Nessun maggior dolore,
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria."