Soft Cupid Soft, (Jones' Muses Gardin from 1610
Here is an aif of a great song that has gotten lost as a lousy 128 kbps, MP3 on SoundClick. It is from Robert Jones' 5th booke of Ayers (The Muses Gardin for Delights) of 1610. I do not think you can find this song on a CD it is a wonder time forgot
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Story behind the song
Here is an aif of a great song that has gotten lost as a lousy 128 kbps, MP3 on SoundClick. I do not think you can find this song on any CD it is one of the wonderful ayres that time has forgotten. This is about my first digital recording, and I started recording in January 2001. It showed me I needed to get a pre-amp. The guitar is live, and the vocal is live, but the rest is from a computer file that I programed. It is from; "The muses gardin for delights or fifth booke of ayers, 1610" by Robert Jones, and it is the second song of 21 songs in the booke. The booke was dedicated to Lady Mary (Sidney) Wroth (1587? - 1651?) who was one of the first woman poets and I have hypothesized that she may have written some of the lyrics.
Lyrics
1 Soft Cupid soft, there is no haste,
For all vnkindnesse gone and past,
L Since thou wilt needs forsake me so,
L Let vs parte friendes, before thou goe.
2 Still shalt thou haue my heart to vse,
When I cannot otherwise chuse,
My life thou mayst command Saunce doubt,
Command I say and goe with out.
3 And if that I doe euer proue,
False and vnkind to gentle Loue.
Ile not desire to liue a day,
Nor any longer then I may.