Come jolly Swains (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #4633: Sibelius 2.
- Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-02-08). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 80 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Come Jolly Swains
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets (1611), no. 13
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Original text and translations
Original text:
English text
Come holly Swains,
come let us sit around,
and with blithe Carols,
sullen cares confound.
The shepher's life
is void of strife,
no worldly treasures,
distates our pleasures
with free consenting
our minds contenting
we smiling laugh
while other sigh repenting.