A Lutish Lover and his Lovely Lass

I can hear the music wafting from Shakespeare's poetry, whenever I read his plays, but to listen to a lovely performance like this by soprano Valeria Mignaco and lute player Alfonso Marin makes the reading more special.  Thomas Morley was the composer for "It was a Lover and his Lass," and while he and Shakespeare were contemporaries, there is no evidence (yet) that they collaborated directly on this or other pieces.  

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.

Between the acres of the rye,
   With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country folks would lie,
   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`d 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.

It was a Lover and his Lass is a poem by Shakespeare, in his play "As You Like It" (Act V, scene iii).