Shepherds, tell me (John B. Grant)

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• (Posted 2023-10-23)  CPDL #76542:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-23).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 391 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Shepherds, tell me
Composer: John B. Grant
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, minor divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1880 Oliver Ditson & Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Shepherds tell me have you seen
My Flora pass this way?

A wreath around her head she wore,
Carnation, lily, and the rose;
And in her hand a crook she bore,
And sweets her breath° disclose.°°

The beauteous wreath that decks her head,
Forms her description true;
Hands lily white, lips crimson red,
And cheeks of rosy hue.

°more traditional versions of text read “lips” rather than “breath.”
°°1880 Ditson publication of Grant’s setting uses “compose” rather than more traditional “disclose.”