I mun be married a Sunday

I mun be married [a]1 Sunday,
Whosoever shall come that way,
I mun be married a Sunday.

Roister Doister is my name,
A lusty brute I am the same,
I mun be married a Sunday.

Christian Custance have I found,
A widow worth a thousand pound,
I mun be married a Sunday.

Custance is as sweet as honey,
I her lamb and she my coney;
I mun be married a Sunday.

When we shall make our wedding feast,
There shall be cheer for man and beast;
I mun be married a Sunday.

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¹ Britten: "on"

Authorship

by Nicholas Udall (1505-1556) , title unknown, from Ralph Roister Doister, published 1550

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

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "I mun be married on Sunday", op. 7 no. 6, published 1935 [children's chorus and piano], from Friday Afternoons, no. 6.
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Roister Doister", 1922-3, published 1924, from Peterisms: second set, no. 1.

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