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Tenor John COATES: Four English Songs (1925-1928)

(New & Improved Version With Original Portrait) / For Barry aka "Glenmed" : With Thanks & Appreciation! / English tenor John Coates (1865-1941) -- (1) IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS / (Thomas Morley; William Shakespeare) / piano - Berkeley Mason / Recorded: 1925 -- It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass, In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. This carol they began that hour, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, How that life was but a flower In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. And, therefore, take the present time With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, For love is crown & graved with the prime In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. (2) SIGH NO MORE, LADIES / (Richard J.S. Stevens; William Shakespeare) / piano - Berkeley Mason / Recorded: 1925 -- Sigh no more, ladies, sigh nor more; Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never; Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny; Converting all your sounds of woe Hey nonny, nonny. Sing no more ditties, sing no mo, Or dumps so dull and heavy; The fraud of men was ever so, Since summer first was leavy. Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Hey, nonny, nonny. (3) LAWN AS WHITE AS DRIVEN SNOW / (Willian Linley; William Shakespeare) / piano - Berkeley Mason / Recorded: 1925 -- Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask roses; Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber; Golden quoifs and stomachers, For my lads to give their dears: Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy; Buy lads, or else your lasses cry: Come buy. (4) THE KNOTTING SONG / (Henry Purcell; Sir Charles Sedley) / piano - Gerald Moore / Recorded March 26, 1928 -- Hears not my Phillis how the birds Their feather'd mates salute? They tell their passion in their words. Must I alone, must I alone be mute? Phillis, without a frown or smile, sat and knotted all the while. So many months in silence past, And yet in raging love, Might well deserve one word at last, My passion should approve? Phillis, without a frown or smile, sat and knotted all the while. Must then your faithful swain expire, And not one look obtain, Which he to soothe his fond desire Might pleasingly explain? Phillis, without a frown or smile, sat and knotted all the while. ************************************* JOHN COATES (b. June 29, 1865, Girlington, England; d. August 16, 1941, Northwood, England), a leading English tenor, who sang in opera and oratorio and on the concert platform. His repertoire ranged from Bach and Purcell to contemporary works and included the major heldentenor roles in Wagner's operas. For more than 40 years, with only a 4-year interruption for military service during World War I, he overcame the limitations of a voice that was not naturally large by impressing listeners with his intense artistic expression, lively diction, flexibility, and stage presence. He spent some time on the European continent, toured the United States and Canada only once, and visited Australia and South Africa. He performed regularly, however, in his native country and was a beloved figure at England's regional music festivals. Elgar's Dream of Gerontius was one of his specialties. After 1921, he limited his performances to the concert stage and recitals, still performing a wide-ranging repertoire but championing English composers. A dispute with music publishers about royalties he contended he should not have to pay for the rights to music he had first performed in manuscript clouded his later years. For the full wikipedia article see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coa...) ******************************