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Elizabethan Love Songs at krankykids.com

Sweet Nymph Come To Thy Lover

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Written by Thomas Morley in 1593.

Performed and orchestrated by Lishka DeVoss.

This new version was mixed by Bruce Busby. <bbusby@audiocentraal.com>
He did a MUCH better job at mixing the various tracks than I did.

LYRICS:

Sweet nymph, come to thy lover,
Lo! here alone our love we may discover
Where the sweet nightingale with wanton gloses,
Hark! her love too discloses.

(According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in this context "gloses" would mean flattery or smooth talk. So the nightingale is expressing her love while making lusty flattering suggestions or "wanton gloses".)

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