Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough (William Byrd)
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- CPDL #5828:
Sibelius 2.
- 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
Original text:
English text
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.