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Come jolly Swaynes, come let us sit around, | |||
Come jolly Swaynes, come let us sit around, | And with blithe Carrols sullen cares confound. | ||
And with blithe Carrols sullen cares confound. | The Shepheards life | ||
The Shepheards life | Is void of strife, | ||
Is void of strife, | No worldly treasures | ||
No worldly treasures | Distastes our pleasures | ||
Distastes our pleasures | With free consenting, | ||
With free consenting, | Our mindes contenting, | ||
Our mindes contenting, | We smiling laugh | ||
We smiling laugh | |||
While other sigh repenting. | While other sigh repenting. | ||
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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: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets... (1611), no. 13
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Original text and translations
{{Text|English| 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.