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Let Us Garlands Bring

5 Shakespearian Songs by Gerald Finzi

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Let Us Garlands Bring

5 Shakespearian Songs by Gerald Finzi

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Come Away, Come Away, Death. Come aveay, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid’; Fly away, By away, Breath ; Lam slain by a faie cruel maid My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, 10, prepace it! My part of death, 20 one so true Did share it Not a fiower, not a flower sweet, (On my black coffin lee there be strown ; Not a friend, aot # friend greet [My poor compse, where my bones shall be thrown = ‘A chousand thousand sighs to save, Lay me, O, where Sad tre lover never find my grave, To weep there! Who Is Silvia? Who is Silvia? what is she, ‘That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she 5 "The heaven such grace did lend her, ‘That she might admiréd be. Is she kind as she is faie? For beauty lives with kindness, Love doth co her eves repair, To help hism of his blindness ; And, being helped, inhabits there ‘Then to Silvia let us sing, "That Silvia is excelling She excels cach mortal thing pon the dull earth dwelling “To fer let ws gasands bring O Mistress. Mine. (© Mistress mine, where are you roaming ? (0, stay and hear; your tue love's coming, ‘Thar can sing both high and low ‘Trip no Further pretty sweeting | Journeys end in lovers’ meeting, Every wise man’s son doth know. What is love? "tis mot hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to. come #s still unsure = In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me, sweet and cwenty, Youth's 4 stuff will not endure Fear No More the Heat 0’ the Sun. Fear no moe the heat” the sun, Nor the Furious winter's rages; ‘Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ten thy wages Golden lads tod girls ll must, ‘As chimney sweepers, come to dust. FFear no more the frown 0! the great ‘Thow att past the tyrants steoke Care no more to clothe and eat ; To thee the reed is a5 the oak “The seeptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to" dust Fear no more the lightnimge-fash, ‘Not the all-dreaded thunder-stone ; Peat not slander, censure #ash ; ‘Thou hast finished joy and moan All lovers young, all lovers must Consiga to thee, and come to dust No exorciser has thee | Nor no witcheraft charm thee! Ghost ualaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near the Quiet consummation have ; ‘And renowned be thy grave! * The 262% Palo dation os be lllted 6th the vervion in Y Tt Was a Lover and His Lass. It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino ‘That o'er the green coznfild did pass Tn spring time, the only pretty ting time, When birds do sing, hey ding ding a di Sweet lovers love the spring. Between the acres of the rye, ‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, ‘These pretty country folks would lie, Tn spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding’ ding Sweet lovers love the spring. ‘This carol they began that hour, ‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, How that life was but a fower Tn spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding 4 ding 4 ding Sweet lovers love the spring ‘And therefore take the present time, ‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey sonino, For lave is erownéd with the prime In spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding Sweet lovers love the spring. Wruraye SHAKESHRARY as Morly’s Ti Vivid Wook of Ayres Ses. I. Come away, come away, death Ss WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE GERALD FINZI Lugubre 4: cso VOICE Come a- way, PIANO —=—— ritard. a tempo Fly a-way, fly a-way, Copyright 1942 by Boosey & Co, Lid. Copyeight forall counties Priated io England 15486 My shroud of white, stuck all with = Orr fir PP subito ——=| mp My part of death, no one ritard. zs tS flower, not a _ flower ritard. a tempo a TNO Not a friend, nota friend corpse, where my bones Gome aay, come away, Death 4H. 15454 A thousand thous - and sighs an —~ r ritard. a tempo where Sad..... true lov-er nev-er find my grave, perp te Sielr [sts ez] f Titard. VE NOY Come meny erie anew Test Hotness, 9 II. Who is Silvia? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ° GERALD FINZI Allegro PIANO Who is Sil- via? what is (legato Ho - ly, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might... = 1 © Copyright 1982 by Boosey & Co, Led CCopyeight forall countries He sane a tempo ee 2 = SS kind as she is fair? For beau - ty — lives with doth to her eyes re-pair, To help him simile blind - ness;.., And, being helped, in- habits p crescendo poco a * poco allargando a tempo ees == = E = x Sar oN ® ‘Then to Sil-via n __ Allargando == Se = ex-cels each mor-tal thing Up~- on the dull earth dwelling: To her a tempo let_us gar-lands bring... XVI ND 2 Who Ie Sitvin? 15486 Ill. Fear no more the heat o’ the sun een WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE GERALD FINZI Grave 2-: 6.42 VOICE * PIANO mp| sostenuto ~ no more the heat 0? the sun, fee = ‘Thou thy world - ly task hast. lone, Home art gone, and ta’en thy LO Lb pe = dim. = # mt = —— : = Uwa-ges: Gold - en lads and girls all must, As chim ney-sweepers, a Se Se — pe Oe come to dust. Fear no more the frown o’ the great; Thou art past the ty-rant’s stroke: to clothe and thee the reed Fear a0 more the heat «the sua #15486 6 =k a All fol-low this, and Fear no more the light-ning-flash, come to dust. Fie ORF F a Nor the all-dreaded = — — + slan- der, con - sure rash; — ae rg gS = x e = F F . B -— ‘p000 ress _ hast fin - ished joy and moan: lov- ers must Con - sign to thee, and. tr Fear no more the heat o? the sun Haase fe 5 LSS. = “= SS SSS No ex - or-cl- ser harm thee! Nor no witen-craft +t charm thee! Ghost un-laid for - bear thee! Nothing ill come near thee! IV. O Mistress Mine epee WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE GERALD FINZL Allegretto amabile d=c.s4 VOICE mp __— Mis-tress mine, {© Copyright 1942 by Boosey & Co, Ld Copysigh forall countries H, 15484 18 where you roam. ing? your true love's com- ing, ean sing both high and low: Trip no fur-ther eo, poco crese. | crese. res $$ prety RWGGE Hag on : sod > Jour-neys end in © Mites Mi ass ritard. poco... am mp lo -vere’meet-ing, love? tis not here - af - ter; @s" x te a bere = AF © Mistress Mine Haase 20 hath pre-sent laugh - ter; ~~ What's tocome is still un - sure: ring subito Se = f = oe Then come kiss me, 0 Mistersa M A586 ritard. poco - py = =~ ~~ = £ a sweet and twen-ty, Youthls a stuff will = os PP aq ef (sensa ral.) P dim. XVIII xo 4 © Mistress Mise Hi, 15484 V. It was a lover and his lass By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE” GERALD FINZI Allegretto con moto dec. 72 VOICE It was a PIANO = hey, anda ho, and a hey non-i - nOcTe es nf “rhe 1629 Fotio text {sRere collated with the version in Thomas Morluy’s “The First book of Ayres” 1600, © Copyright 1942 by Boosey & Co. Lut CCopytight fr all countries HL sass In spring @- ding ading a ding: Sweet Taras lover ad his iase 4H 15484 24 Be-tweenthe the rye, v hey, anda ho, and a hey..non-i - m0; =, SES SS —— s pret-ty coun - try folks would B24 In spring on-ly pret-ty ring Hi gus 9 tives ed hia ines H, 15488 38 — SSS SS . hey ding ading a ding: Sweet lo-vers ze = 2 e <= 2 2 poco ritard. With a hey, and a_—ho,_and a_hey non-i - Te masa lover and his lass 4H, 15484 26 ritard. a tempo — ritard.__a tempo flower... In spring the spring. = @ = nf vost. Temas lover snd bis lace Hahn 27 P And therefore take the pre-sent time, With a hey, and a ho, anda hey non-i - no, <= nf ———!_ ft ee — For love is crown-ed with the prime In spring Os fa +742 gj5 SS Te wag a lover and his lass 4H, 15484 28 —— the on-ly pret-ty ring spring. .. XVIII NES Teas lover andhis lass HL, BANS A

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