Thomas Weelkes - Upon a hill a bonny boy
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Upon a hill the bonny boy
Sweet Thyrsis sweetly played
And called his lambs their master’s joy
And more he would have said;
But love that gives the lover wings
Withdrew his mind from other things
His pipe and he could not agree
For Milla was his note;
The silly pipe could never get
This lovely name by rote:
With that they both fell in a sound
He fell a-sleep, his pipe to ground
Sweet Thyrsis sweetly played
And called his lambs their master’s joy
And more he would have said;
But love that gives the lover wings
Withdrew his mind from other things
His pipe and he could not agree
For Milla was his note;
The silly pipe could never get
This lovely name by rote:
With that they both fell in a sound
He fell a-sleep, his pipe to ground
