Say, dear, when will your frowning? (Thomas Weelkes)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2015-11-08). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 414 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original key of A-minor. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2015-01-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Say, dear, when will your frowning?
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1597 in Madrigals to 3-6 voices, no. 20
Description: Originally published by Stainer and Bell in 1924.
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Original text and translations
English text
Say, dear, when will your frowning leave,
Which doth my heart of joy bereave,
To sing and play becomes you better,
Such pleasures makes my heart your debtor,
But when you frown you wound my heart,
And kill my soul, with double smart.