Two daughters of this aged stream are we (Henry Purcell)
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- (Posted 2025-11-19) CPDL #87476:
- Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2025-11-19). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: original version for two voices in a-minor with realised continuo.
- (Posted 2025-11-18) CPDL #87474:
- Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2025-11-18). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Same as #87476 transposed down a fourth to e-minor.
General Information
Title: Two daughters of this aged stream are we
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1691
2nd published: 1721 Orpheus Britannicus
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Original text and translations
English text
Two daughters of this aged stream are we,
and both our Seagreen locks have comb'd for ye,
Come, bathe with us an hour or two,
come, naked in for we are so.
What danger from a naked foe,
bathe and share what pleasures in the floods appear.
We'll beat the waters till they bound
and circle round.