Shoot, false Love, I care not (Thomas Morley)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-12-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 47 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #9257, with corrections. Transposed up a semitone. Voicing corrected to SSATB. Revised files uploaded 04/03/17. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 50 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: On external site, listed alphabetically under "Ballets".
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Shoot false love, I care not
Composer: Thomas Morley
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1595 in First Book of Ballets, no. 2
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Shoot false Love, I care not,
Spend thy shafts, and spare not.
Fa la la.
I fear not I thy might,
And less I weigh thy spite,
All naked I unarm me,
If thou canst now shoot and harm me.
So lightly I esteem thee,
As now a child I deem thee.
Fa la la.
2. Long thy bow did fear me,
While thy pomp did blear me.
Fa la la.
But now I do perceive,
Thy art is to deceive.
And ev'ry simple lover
All thy falsehood can discover.
Then weep Love, and be sorry
For thou hast lost thy glory.
Fa la la.