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- There Is A Lady Sweet And Kind There is a lady sweet and ...
- Yet If His Majesty Our Soverei... Yet if his majesty our ...
Thomas Ford, lutenist and composer, was born in England in 1580.
Not much is known about Ford, though it is known that he was appointed the position of musician to Prince Henry in 1611, and from 1625 to the civil war, appointed the same position to Charles I.
He was remember principally as a composer of ‘ayres’, a type of composition developed by Dowland, a melodic ... more »
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There Is A Lady Sweet And Kind
There is a lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleas'd my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet I love her till I die.
Her gesture, motion, and her smiles,
Her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles,
Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
And yet I love her till I die.
Her free behaviour, winning looks,
Will make a lawyer burn his books;
I touch'd her not, alas! not I,
And yet I love her till I die.
Had I her fast betwixt mine arms,
Judge you that think such sports were harms,
Were't any harm? no, no, ...
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