Now Is The Month Of May

X:1                          % number
T:Now is the month of May
C:Thomas Morley
R:Air - madrigal
O:The TUMS busking book                           % origin.
M:2/2                           % meter
L:1/4                        % length of shortest note
Q:                           % tempo
K:C                           % key
V:1                          % voice 1
z2 z G |: GGAA | B2 BG | B>A B ^c | d2 d A/B/ |
w:1.Now is the month of May-ing, when mer-ry lads are play-ing.
w:2.The Spring clad all in glad-ness, doth laugh at win-ter's sad-ness. Fa la
w:3.Fie! then why sit we mus-ing, youth's sweet de-light re-fus-ing?
ccBA | A^FD d/c/ | BcAA | [1 G2 z G :| [2 G2 z B
w:************** Now - Each
w:la la la la la la la, Fa la la, Fa la la la. 2.The la. 2.And
w:************** Fie - 3.Say
|:Add^c | d2 z A | ccBB | A2 z d/c/ |
w:with his bon-ny lass, up-on the green-y grass.
w:to the bag-pipes' sound, the nymphs tread out their ground. Fa la
w:dain-ty Nymphs and speak, shall we play bar-ley break?
BG d2 | D/E/^F/G/A/B/ c | B>c BA |[1 G2 z B:|
w:************** 1.Each
w:la la la, fa la la la la la la, fa la la la. 2.And la
w:************** 3.Say
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V:2
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V:3
K:C treble-8 % take out the treble-8 for compatibility with abc 1.6 standard
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