Yet, sweet, take heed (John Wilbye)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-10-03). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 58 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In original key. Because the range of the Alto part is actually greater than that of the Tenor, in this edition, Alto and Tenor parts have been interchanged in bars 51-74 and 90-93.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-11-15). Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Listed alphabetically by language/nationality and composer.
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-12-01). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 84 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed down a tone. Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan.
General Information
Title: Yet, sweet, take heed
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB, or SSTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1598 in The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 18
Description: Part 2 of Sweet honey-sucking bees
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Original text and translations
English text
Yet, sweet, take heed, all sweets are hard to get;
Sting not her soft lips, Oh beware of that:
For if one flaming dart come from her eye,
Was never dart so sharp, ah, then you die!