Come shepherds, follow me (John Bennet)

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• (Posted 2017-11-25)  CPDL #47709:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-25).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2011-07-22)  CPDL #23946:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-07-22).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A reformatting of #7730. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

• (Posted 2004-08-07)  CPDL #07730:      (Sibelius 2)

Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2004-08-07).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Come shepherds follow me
Composer: John Bennet

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1599 in Madrigals for Four Voices, no. 5
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English text

Come shepherds follow me,
run up apace the mountain.
See lo, besides the fountain.
Love laid to rest, how sweetly sleepeth he,
o take heed, come not nigh him
but haste we hence and fly him,
and lovers, dance with gladness,
for while love sleeps is truce
with care and sadness.