It was a Lover and his Lass - The New Swingle Singers
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2008
- from a poem by Bill Shakespeare, 1564-1616
music by Ward Swingle
S: Olive Simpson, Kym Amps
A: Lindsay John, Carol Canning
T: Alan Byers, Ward Swingle
B: Lindsay Benson, Simon Grant
perf from early 80s
IT was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass,
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country folks would lie,
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that life was but a flower
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
And, therefore, take the present time
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
For love is crown&graved with the prime
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring. 
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The soft crackling of the audio is so relaxing somehow. I feel like I'm listening to this on an old radio in a grandmother's living room. It's night and the window is open to a cool spring evening.
I'm baffled... how can anyone "dislike" this wonderful ~ and *very* challenging to perform ~ 8-part jazz arrangement by Ward Swingle!? Certainly more zippy than Thomas Morley's contemporary (c.1600s) arrangement of Willie Shake's song!
It was a lover and his lass, that o’er the green cornfield did pass
Between the acres of the rye, the pretty country folks would lie
This carol began that hour, how that life was but a flower
And therefore take the present time, for love is crowned with the prime
Hi god!
Came from As You Like It
The line Gene Wilder sings is from the Arthur Frackenpohl arrangement.
Thomas Morley's music is not used for this version...it is original music by Ward Swingle as stated in the bottom bar
Al Bowlly performed it in 1940 as one of his last recordings.
this particular performance is not from any album...live perf from a radio show early 80s
'live in new york '82' CD(released 2006, lost orig recently discovered) has this song...from a nostalgia standpoint, it's a great CD, very good perf...unfortunately, has some balance issues/lacking clarity in some areas; recorded at Village Gate club
despite some background radio/tape hiss noise of this vid, you can tell it was well recorded...engineers at Studio M/MPR in St Paul are top-notch
Haha this reminds me of willy wonka!!
I'm not sure who else performed it, but there is an Arthur Frackenpohl SATB arrangement that is mostly minor key. I can't find any recordings of that one. Manny above references that arrangement, as one bar of it shows up in Willy Wonka.
Hi. There was another version of this song recorded by a group that sounded quite a bit like the Swingle Singers. The arrangement was totally different and I've been seeking it for years. I heard Carol Burnett sing the arrangement of the song I'm thinking of, but I don't have any other info about it. Do you know something about the performer/recording? Thanks much.
This is Lexi's song! we found it Lex, the slow part is your part. : ) : D
Willy Wonka the 1971 version he sing this song lol i wounder what version that was
@IamaPoohnatic
Could you tell me where I could listen to a version of that, I've been searching forever.
it was written by Thomas Morely
I just searched this because of cinderella
@dragonheart4life I've never found a recording of it, but if you google "Lovers Love the Spring" and "Arthur Frackenpohl", you should be able to track down sheet music.
OK,I never read the thaty part sorry
I just searched this because of cinderella