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Henry Lawes: Tis Christmas Now

from To Shorten Winter's Sadness by Passamezzo

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Tis Christmas now, 'tis Christmas now,
When Cato's self could laugh,
And smoothing forth his wrinkled brow,
Gives liberty to quaff.
To dance, to sing, to sport and play;
For ev'ry hour's a holiday.
And for the Twelve days, let them pass
In mirth and jollity!
The time doth call each lad and lass
That will be blythe and merry.
Then dance, to sing, to sport and play;
For ev'ry hour's a holiday.
And from the rising of the sun
To the setting cast off cares;
'Tis time enough when twelve is done
To think of our affairs.
Then dance, to sing, to sport and play;
For ev'ry hour's a holiday.

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from To Shorten Winter's Sadness, released November 17, 2020

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Passamezzo London, UK

London based early music ensemble specialising in English 16th and 17th repertoire.

Early modern music, song, ballads, theatre & dance. Viols, lute, voices, violin, recorders, harp. Christmas, Elizabethan, Tudors, Stuarts

Part of the intercultural project 'Shore to Shore', working with Moroccan Sufi musicians, Ensemble Mogador.
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