The willow tree (William Whittaker)

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• (Posted 2023-12-20)  CPDL #78378:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-20).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 509 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The willow tree
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: William Whittaker
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1913 Stainer & Bell
Description: (Rue and Rhyme)

Original text and translations

English text

Beware, young maids, beware,
Beware and read my rhyme,
And see that you keep your garden well,
And let no one steal your thyme.
O when my thyme was new,
It flourished both night and day,
Till bye there came a false young man,
And he stole my thyme away.
Fare-well to all fading flowers,
Fare-well to young lovely June,
For the grass that once was trodden under foot,
Perhaps it may rise again.