William Lawes: What should my mistress do with hair.
A 17th Century setting of James Shirley's poem 'One that loved none but deformed Women', which may have been sung in his 1636 play, The Duke's Mistress.
Richard de Winter: tenor
Emily Atkinson: soprano
Peter Willcock: bass
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Richard Mackenzie: lute
Images:
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Quentin Matsys - A Grotesque old woman, 1513
[The image is too early for the song, but matches the sentiments expressed]