All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded Songtext

von John Bennet

All creatures now are merry minded,
The shepherd's daughters playing,
The nymphs are falalaing.
Yon bugle was well winded.
At Oriana's presence each thing smileth.
The flow'rs themselves discover,
Birds over her do hover,
Music the time beguileth,
See where she comes,
With flow'ry garlands crowned,
Queen of all queens reknowned.

Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana,
'Long live fair Oriana!'