Hey Nonny No (Ethel Smyth)

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• (Posted 2023-04-18)  CPDL #73508:   

Editor: Amelia Nagoski (submitted 2023-04-18).   Score information: Letter, 34 pages, 5.51 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Scanned score.

General Information

Title: Hey Nonny No
Composer: Ethel Smyth
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partson

Languages: English, German
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1911
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text Men are fools that wish to die, Is’t not fine to dance and sing, When the bells of death do ring, Is’t not fine to swim in wine? And turn upon the toe, When the winds blow and the seas flow, Turn and sing, Hey nonny, hey nonny, hey nonny, no. Hey nonny, hey nonny, hey nonny, no.

German text Nur ein Tor wünscht sich den Tod, Ist’s nicht schön zu tanzen und singen, Wenn des Todes Glokken klingen, Ist’s nicht schön in Wein zu schwimmen? Und schön im Kreise sich zu dreh’n, Wenn der Sturm heult und die Flut schäumt, Schön, singt, He holla, he holla, he holla, ho. He holla, he holla, he holla, ho.