Pretty Ring Time - Ian Bostridge

作曲：Peter Warlock

5 Shakespeare Songs III Pretty Ring Time

Antonio PappanoIan Bostridge

It was a lover and his lass

With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino

That o'er the green cornfield did pass

In the spring time the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding a 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 a ding

Sweet lovers love the spring

This carol they began that hour

With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino

How that a life was but a flower

In the spring time the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding a 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 crowned with the prime

In the spring time the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding a ding

Sweet lovers love the spring