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Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love?<br>
 
Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above,<br>
 
What, dost thou serve a shepherdess?<br>
 
Ay, such as hath no peer I guess.<br>
 
What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast?<br>
 
Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best,<br>
 
Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high,<br>
Yet love I must or else I die.<br>


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Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-10-22).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 72 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: AA

Genre: Secular, Consort song

Language: English

Instruments: 4 viols (2 tenor, 2 bass)
Published: Songs of sundrie natures (1589), no. 41

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Original text and translations

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Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love?

Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above,

What, dost thou serve a shepherdess?

Ay, such as hath no peer I guess.

What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast?

Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best,

Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high,

Yet love I must or else I die.