No, no, Nigella

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• Thomas Morley SSATB
• Robert Lucas Pearsall SSAATTBB

Texts and Translations

English text

1  No, no, no, no Nigella,
 Let who list prove thee,
 I cannot love thee,
 Fa la la.
 Have I deserved
 Thus to be served?
 Well then, content thee,
 If thou repent thee.
 Fa la la.

2  No, no, no, no Nigella,
 In sign I spite thee,
 Lo, I requite thee.
 Fa la la.
 Hence forth complaining
 Thy love's disdaining,
 Sit, thy hands wringing,
 Whilst I go singing.
 Fa la la.