Come jolly Swains (William Byrd)

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  • CPDL #04633:      (Sibelius 4)
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2003-02-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 109 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised May 2008

General Information

Title: Come jolly swains
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAT

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

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Come jolly Swaynes, come let us sit around,
And with blithe Carrols sullen cares confound.
The Shepheards life
Is void of strife,
No worldly treasures
Distastes our pleasures
With free consenting,
Our mindes contenting,
We smiling laugh
While other sigh repenting.