To
Mrs. E. Humphrey Allen
Three Songs
for
Soprano & Tenor
by
Arthur Foote. 
Op. 10.

No.1
"It Was a Lover and His Lass" (24 Nov 1885) 
[Words by William Shakespeare (1563-1716)
from "As You Like It", Act V, Scene III, 
listed as a SONG with IV verses.]
Music by Arthur William Foote (1853-1937)

Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt & Co.
 13 & 15 West St.
Plate No.: APS&Co.736==2
[Source:
CALL NUMBER
M2.3.U6A44
PART OF
American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1870-1885 
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress. Music Division. 
DIGITAL ID
sm1885 20945 urn:hdl:loc.music/sm1885.20945 
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1885.20945]

1. It was a lover and his lass, 
With a hey and a ho.
With a hey and a ho, and a hey, and a hey-non-i-no!
That o’er the green cornfield dispass, 
In the springtime, the springtime, 
The only pretty ringtime, 
When birds do sing hey ding a ding!
Sweet lovers love the spring.

2.
And therefore take the present time, 
With a hey and a ho, 
With a hey and a ho, and a hey, and a hey-non-i-no!
For love is crowned with the prime, 
In the springtime, the springtime,
The only pretty ringtime, 
When birds do sing hey ding a ding!
Sweet lovers love the spring.