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{{Vs|1}} Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers? | |||
O sweet content! | |||
Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed? | |||
O punishment! | |||
Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed | |||
To add to golden numbers, golden numbers? | |||
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content! | |||
Work apace, apace, apace, apace; | |||
Honest labour bears a lovely face; | |||
Then hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny! | |||
Canst drink the waters of the crisped spring? | |||
O sweet content! | |||
Swimm'st thou in wealth, yet sinkest in thine own tears? | |||
O punishment! | |||
Then he that patiently want's burden bears, | |||
No burden bears, but is a king, a king! | |||
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content! | |||
Work apace, apace, apace, apace; | |||
Honest labour bears a lovely face; | |||
Then hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny!}} | |||
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-11-11). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 114 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Sweet content
Composer: Walter Cecil Macfarren
Lyricist: Thomas Dekker
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 9, no. 271
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?
O sweet content!
Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed?
O punishment!
Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed
To add to golden numbers, golden numbers?
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content!
Work apace, apace, apace, apace;
Honest labour bears a lovely face;
Then hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny!
Canst drink the waters of the crisped spring?
O sweet content!
Swimm'st thou in wealth, yet sinkest in thine own tears?
O punishment!
Then he that patiently want's burden bears,
No burden bears, but is a king, a king!
O sweet content! O sweet, O sweet content!
Work apace, apace, apace, apace;
Honest labour bears a lovely face;
Then hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny!