(c.1565- c.1605)
Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone,
Feeding her flock near to the mountain side
(repeat)
The shepherds knew not,
They knew not whither she was gone,
But after her lover, her lover,
But after her lover Amyntas hied.
Up and down he wandered
(several repeats – he wandered a lot!)
Whilst she was missing,
When he found her,
O then they fell a-kissing,
O then they fell a-kissing
A-kissing, O then they fell a-kissing.
(repeats)
(English madrigal in 4 parts)
(original Whinchat recording from 1974)