On the plains, fairy trains (Thomas Weelkes)
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-09-18). Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: All compositions listed alphabetically under composer's name
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-19). Score information: Letter, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan
General Information
Title: On the plains, fairy trains
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
On the plains, fairy trains were atreading measures,
Satyrs play'd, fairies stay'd, at the stops set leisures.
Fa la la.
Nymphs begin to come in quickly, thick and three-fold:
Now they dance, now they prance, present there to behold.
Fa la la la.