Fair, sweet, cruel (John Gerrard Williams)

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• (Posted 2023-12-18)  CPDL #78331:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 376 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Fair, sweet, cruel
Composer: John Gerrard Williams
Lyricist: Thomas Ford
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1920 Novello and Co.
Description: Old English Lyrics, No. 3.

Original text and translations

English text

Fair, sweet, cruel, why dost thou fly me?
Go not, oh go not from thy dearest!
When thou dost hasten, I am nigh thee;
When thou seem’st far, then I am nearest.
Tarry then, and take me with you.

Fie! Fie! Sweetest, here is no danger;
Fly not, oh fly not, love pursues thee.
I am no foe nor foreign stranger;
Thy scorn with fresher hope renews me.
Tarry then, and take me with you.

Musicke of Sundrie Kindes (1607)