Saturday, July 14, 2007

Now is the Month of Maying

Now is the Month of Maying is a 16th century madrigal by Thomas Morley. This Renaissance tune is full of double entendre, masked by the repeated "fa la la" in the lyrics. Apparently bawdy lyrics were extremely common in madrigals.
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