First Book of Ayres (Thomas Morley)

Title: THE / FIRST BOOK / OF AYRES.

First Publication date and place: 1600 London: William Barley.

Description: Thomas Morley

Facsimile: PDF on IMSLP

List of Works

A painted tale Thirsis and Milla She straight her light green silken coats With my love my life was nestled I saw my lady weeping It was a lover and his lass Who is it that this dark night Mistress mine, well may you fare Can I forget what Reason's force

10. Love winged my hopes 11. What if my mistress now 12. Come, Sorrow come 13. Fair in a morn 14. Absence, hear thou my protestation 15. White as lilies was her face 16. What lack ye, sir [lost to history] 17. Will you buy a fine dog? 18. Sleep, slumb'ring eyes

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
A painted tale	1600	1	Secular	Partsongs	1	T
Absence, hear thou my protestation	1600	14	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Can I forget what Reason's force	1600	9	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Come, Sorrow come	1600	12	Secular	Partsongs	1	T
Fair in a morn	1600	13	Secular	Partsongs	1	T
I saw my lady weeping	1600	5	Secular	Partsongs	1	T
It was a lover and his lass	1600	6	Secular	Madrigals	1	Solo high
Love winged my hopes	1600	10	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Mistress mine, well may you fare	1600	8	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
She straight her light green silken coats	1600	3	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Sleep, slumb'ring eyes	1600	18	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Thirsis and Milla	1600	2	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
What if my mistress now	1600	11	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
White as lilies was her face	1600	15	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Who is it that this dark night	1600	7	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
Will you buy a fine dog?	1600	17	Secular	Lute songs	1	T
With my love my life was nestled	1600	4	Secular	Lute songs	1	T