Yet stay alway (Thomas Bateson)

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• CPDL #25714:      Yet_stay_alway.cap 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-07).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The alto part is low, so has been set in the 8ve-below-treble clef, to avoid excessive ledger lines.

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Title: Yet stay alway
Composer: Thomas Bateson

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: No. 16 from The First Set of English Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (Thomas Bateson). 2nd part of a 2-part madrigal, the 1st part being Sweet Gemma.

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Original text and translations

English text

Yet stay alway, be chainèd to my heart
With links of love, that we may never part;
Then I’ll not call thee serpent, tiger cruel,
But my sweet Gemma, and my dearest jewel.