Lay a garland on my hearse (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #16429: Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Sibelius 4
Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-3-7).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 43 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 4 KB, Sib4: 36 KB.

General Information

Title: Lay a garland on my hearse
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricists: Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1902

Description: Number 4 of Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 5. Lyrics from The Maid's Tragedy, published 1610.

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Original text and translations

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Lay a garland on my hearse,
Of the dismal yew,
Maidens, willow branches bear,
Say I died true.
 
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth;
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth.