It was a lover and his lass : SSATB a capella madrigal : Words from As You Like It by William Shakespeare / Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays (No. 3 from cycle, Songs Bawdy and Sublime) AP-1790 Song It was a lover and his lass, with a hey and a ho, and a hey notion, that o'er the green cornfield did pass As You Like It, by William Shakespeare SSATB Alliance Publications Sinsinawa, WI 3:00 62 Madrigals, English.