Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Thomas William Hubbard)

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• (Posted 2023-10-30)  CPDL #76833:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-30).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 552 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Composer: Thomas William Hubbard
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1882 Thomas W. Hubbard
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Original text and translations

English text

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho!
unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning,
most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remembered not.

As You Like It
Act II, Scene 7