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General Information

Title: O who will o'er the downs so free
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

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O who will o'er the downs so free
O who will with me ride,
O who will up and follow me
To win a blooming bride?
Her father he has lock'd the door,
Her mother keeps the key,
But neither door nor bolt shall part
My own true love from me.

I saw her bow'r at twilight grey,
'Twas guarded safe and sure,
I saw her bow'r at break of day,
'Twas guarded then no more!
The varlets they were all asleep
And none was near to see
The greeting fair that passed there
Between my love and me.

I promis'd her to come at night
With comrades brave and true,
A gallant band with sword in hand
To break her prison through.
I promis'd her to come at night
She's waiting now for me,
And ere the dawn of morning light
I'll set my true love free.