Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever;
[ One foot in sea and one on shore;
To one thing constant never. ]1
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.

Sing no more ditties, sing no more,
Of dumps so dull and heavy;
[ The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leavy. ]1
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Scene 3

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by David Werner Amram (1930-) , "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more", from Five Shakespeare Songs, no. 5.
by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) , "Sigh no more, ladies"
by Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) , "Sigh no more, ladies"
by William Arms Fisher (1861-1948) , "Sigh no more, ladies", op. 5 no. 5, published 1897.
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "Sigh no more, ladies", from Six Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Frederick Keel (1871-1954) , "Sigh no more, ladies"
by Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) , "Sigh no more Ladies", from 5 Shakespeare Songs, no. 3, available from the Kenneth Leighton Trust, e-mail jo (DOT) leighton (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co (DOT) uk
by Mary Plumstead (1905-1980) , "Sigh no more, ladies"
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Sigh no more, ladies", op. 30 no. 4.
by Betty Roe (1930-) , "Sigh no more", published 1974 [medium voice, flute, and piano], from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 1.
by Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) , "Sigh no more, ladies", published 1866 [voice and piano], from 5 Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.
by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896-1989) , "Sigh no more, ladies", from Five Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "The conspiracy", from In Windsor Forest, no. 1.
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Sigh no more, ladies"

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