Lay a garland on my hearse (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
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CPDL #16429:
Sibelius4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-3-7). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 43 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 43 KB, MIDI: 4 KB, Sib4: 36 KB.
General Information
Title: Lay a garland on my hearse
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1902
Description: Number 4 of Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 5.
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Original text and translations
English text
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.
- Lyrics: Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and by John Fletcher (1579-1625),
- from The Maid's Tragedy, published 1610.