Come gentle swains (Michael Cavendish)

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CPDL #20793:   Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-01-07).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #10577:

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-01-04).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 98 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Come Gentle Swains
Composer: Michael Cavendish

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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English text

Come, gentle swains,
and shepherd's dainty daughters,
adorn'd with courtesy and comely duties,
come sing and joy and grace with lovely laughters,
the birthday of the beautiest of beauties.

Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana:
Long live fair Oriana!