The Passionate Shepherd (Roger Teichmann)
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- (Posted 2015-12-02) CPDL #37733:
- Editor: Roger Teichmann (submitted 2015-12-02). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Passionate Shepherd
Composer: Roger Teichmann
Lyricist: Christopher Marlowe
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: This piece was originally composed as a wedding anthem. It is in rondo form, in a lilting D major.
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Original text and translations
English text
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dale and field,
And all the craggy mountains yield.
There will we sit upon the rocks
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
There will I make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull,
Fair linèd slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold.
A belt of straw and ivy buds
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me and be my love.
Thy silver dishes for thy meat
As precious as the gods do eat,
Shall on an ivory table be
Prepared each day for thee and me.
The shepherd swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love