O fly not love (Thomas Bateson)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-11). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 81 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a major third from the original key and set for AATTB. Revised files uploaded 26/01/19.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-11). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In original key, for SSATB. Revised files uploaded 26/01/19.
General Information
Title: O fly not love
Composer: Thomas Bateson
Number of voices: 5vv Voicings: SSATB or AATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1604 in The First Set of English Madrigals to 3-6 voices, no. 19
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Original text and translations
English text
O fly not love, O fly not me!
Stay but awhile, O stay thee:
And hear a wretch complaining
His grief through thy disdaining.
O! do not thus unfriendly use me,
To kiss me once and so refuse me.