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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400)

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Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel

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Balade (Hyd, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere)
F. Jacobi: Ballade

Ballade (Hyd, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere) - F. Jacobi
Hyd, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere
F. Jacobi: Ballade

Now welcome, somer with thy sonne softe
A. Bax: Welcome, somer

Now welcome Summer with thy sunne soft
F. Jacobi: Roundel

Roundel (Your eyën two will slay me suddenly ) (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel) - A. Bax
Roundel (Now welcome Summer with thy sunne soft) - F. Jacobi
Since I from love (Since I from Love escapëd am so fat ) (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel) - R. Vaughan Williams
Since I from Love escapëd am so fat (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel)
R. Vaughan Williams: Since I from love

So hath your beauty (So hath your beauty from your hertë chased ) (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel) - R. Vaughan Williams
So hath your beauty from your hertë chased (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel)
R. Vaughan Williams: So hath your beauty

Welcome, somer (Now welcome, somer with thy sonne softe ) - A. Bax
Your eyën two (Your eyën two will slay me suddenly ) (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel) - R. Vaughan Williams
Your eyën two will slay me suddenly (from Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel)
R. Vaughan Williams: Your eyën two
A. Bax: Roundel