Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Huub de Lange)
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- Editor: Huub de Lange (submitted 2015-04-10). Score information: A4, 6 pages Copyright: Personal
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Title: Blow, blow thou winter wind
Composer: Huub de Lange
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II Scene 7
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 2015
Description: #3 from Four Shakespeare Songs
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Original text and translations
English text
Blow, blow, thou winter wind.
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho!
unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning,
most loving meere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This Life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friends remember'd not.
Heigh-ho! sing, (etc.)