The earliest known musical setting for Shakespeare's lyric “Harke Harke ye Larke,” suggests new aspects of the dramatist's craft, and contributes an interesting variant of the song-text. The score, acquired by the Bodleian in 1937 and subsequently printed with modern notation in 1941, is here printed in facsimile by permission of the Bodleian Library Authorities. The following is a transcription of the words: Harke Harke Harke Harke Harke yo Larkeat heauen gate singsat heauen gate sings& Phoebus ‘gins to riseThe winking mary buds begin to ope theire golden eyes wth ev'ry thing yt pretty is my Lady sweet arisearise arisemy Lady sweet Arise