Now Is the Month of Maying
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Now Is the Month of Maying
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"Now is the month of maying" is one of the most famous of the English balletts. It was written by Thomas Morley and published in 1595. It is based on the canzonet So ben mi ch'a bon tempo used by Orazio Vecchi in his 1590 Selva di varia ricreatione. It was printed in Thomas Morley's First Book of Ballets to Five Voyces (1595). The song delights in bawdy double-entendre. It is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for making love/having sex. For example, a "barley-break" would h
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Song composed by Thomas Morley
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2022-06-22T14:23:27Z
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