There are three Elizabethan Love Songs used in Cinderella.

Song One: The song used for the wedding is Sweet Nymph Come To Thy Lover - written by Thomas Morley in 1593 and these are the lyrics:

Sweet nymph, come to thy lover,
Lo! here alone our love we may discover
Where the sweet nightingale with wanton gloses,
Hark! her love too discloses.

(According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in this context "gloses" would mean flattery or smooth talk. So the nightingale is expressing her love while making lusty flattering suggestions or "wanton gloses".)

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Song Two: The song used for the second night of the festival is Sweet Kate - written by Robert Jones in 1609 and these are the lyrics:

Sweet Kate, of late
Ran away and left me 'plaining:
"Abide," I cried,
"Or I die with thy disdaining."
"He! he! he!" quoth she,
"Gladly would I see,
Any man to die with loving.
Never any yet,
Died of such a fit,
Neither have I fear of proving."

"Unkind, I find
Thy delight is in tormenting,
Abide," I cried,
"Or I die with thy consenting."
"Te! he! he!" quoth she,
"Make no fool of me,
Men I know have oaths at pleasure;
But their hopes attained,
They betray they feigned,
And their oaths are kept at leisure."

Her words, like swords,
Cut my sorry heart in sunder;
Her flouts, with doubts,
Keep my heart affections under;
"Te! he! he!" quoth she,
"What a fool is he
Stands in awe of once denying;"
Cause I had enough,
To become more rough,
So I did, O happy trying.

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Song Three: The song used for the first and last night of the festival is Go To Bed, Sweet Muse - also named "Ultimum Vale" which is Latin for "a finishing stroke, a final coup" - written by Robert Jones in 1608 and these are the lyrics:

Go to bed, sweet muse, take thy rest;
Let not thy soul be so oppressed:
Though she deny thee,
She doth but try thee,
Whether thy mind will ever prove unkind,
O Love is but a bitter sweet jest.

Muse not upon her smiling looks,
Think that they are but baited hooks:
Love is a fancy,
Love is a frenzy,
Let not a toy then breed thee such annoy;
But leave to look upon such fond books.

Learn to forget such idle toys,
Fitter for youths and youthful boys:
Let not one sweet smile,
Thy true love beguile,
Let not a frown forever cast thee down;
Then sleep, and go to bed in these joys.

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