My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (David Solomons (after John Dowland))

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• CPDL #11844: Finale 2006

Editor: David Solomons (submitted 2006-07-01).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 278 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This version is for ATBarB-ATBarB.

• CPDL #11845:   Finale 2006

Editor: David Solomons (submitted 2006-06-10).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 274 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This version is for SATB-SATB.

General Information

Title: My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
Composer: David Solomons (after John Dowland)

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: ATBB.ATBB or SATB.SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: optional timpani
Published: 2006

Description: based on Dowland's lute duet and song

External website:

• Composer's page with mp3 and scores

Original text and translations

English text

The fifteenth day of July, with glistening spear and shield,
A famous fight in Flanders was foughten in the field:
The most courageous officers were the English captains three,
But the bravest in the Battle was brave Lord Willoughby.

"Stand to it, noble Pikemen, and look you round about;
And shoot you right, you Bowmen, and we will keep them out;
You Musquet and Calliver men, do you prove true to me,
I'll be the foremost man in fight," says brave Lord Willoughby.

The sharp steel pointed Arrows and Bullets thick did fly;
Then did our valiant Soldiers charge on most furiously,
Which made the Spaniards waver, they thought it best to flee,
For they fear'd the stout behaviour of brave Lord Willoughby.

Then quoth the Spanish general, "Come let us march away,
I fear we shall be spoiled, if that we longer stay,
for yonder comes Lord Willoughby, with courage fierce and fell:
He will not give one inch of way for all the Devils in Hell."

And then the fearful enemy was quickly put to flight,
Our men pursued courageously and rout their forces quite,
And at last they gave a shout, which echoed through the sky,
"God and St. George for England!" the conquerors did cry.

Then courage, noble English men, and never be dismayed,
If that we be but one to ten we will not be afraid
To fight with foreign Enemies, and set our Country free,
And thus I end the bloody bout of brave Lord Willoughby.