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Baisez moi

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"Baisez-moi" (French: "Kiss me") is a renaissance French chanson for 4 voices, anonymous in publication by Pierre Attaignant but attributed to the composer Josquin Desprez. The song was the model for masses by Petrus Roselli and the Missa Baises-moy by Mathurin Forestier.

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Lyrics

Baisez moy ma doulce amy Par amour je vous en prie Non feray. Et pour quoy? Si je faisois la folie Ma mere en seroit marye Vela de quoy.

Recordings

The song was recorded by the Kings Singers on the 1975 album The Kings Singers Concert Collection in a sequence of 5 chansons: La belle Margarite by Clemens non Papa, Baisez moi by Josquin Desprez, Petite camusette, also attributed to Josquin Desprez, Mon coeur en vous (anonymous) and Au joly jeu du pousse avant by Clément Jannequin.

References

Baisez-moi Wikipedia