To shorten Winter's sadness (Thomas Weelkes)
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Title: To Shorten Winter's Sadness
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
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English text
To shorten winter's sadness,
see where the Nymphs with gladness:
Fa la la la...
Disguised, all are coming,
right wantonly a-mumming:
Fa la la la...
Though masks encloud their beauty,
yet give the eye her duty,
Fa la la la...
When Heav'n is dark it shineth,
and unto love inclineth:
Fa la la la...