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Question: Love songs in middle english!?
Does anyone know any love songs in middle english!?
NOT early modern english, like shakespeare
nor old english, like Beowulf
I mean middle english, like Geoffery Chaucer
I specifically want love poens or lyrics to folk songsWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Well, you could just do a Google search on "Middle English Love songs," which I just did!. You can get lots of lyrics, but if you want the actual music there isn't a great deal around!. During the 11th and 12th Centuries there was no uniform way of writing musical script!.

Every song writer (troubadours, or minstrels) made some scribblings that only they could read!.

Upon an hyll than toke I hede,
A voise I herd (and nere I yede)
In gret dolour complanying tho,
"See, dere soule, my sydes blede!." etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com