Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste) (John Wall Callcott)
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- CPDL #17015: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2008-05-29). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original spelling of Chatterton's poem has been restored
General Information
Title: Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste)
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: Thomas Chatterton (1752 – 1770)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Middle English
Instruments: a cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).
Published: Not known
Description: A four part glee, possibly to be regarded as part 2 of Callcott's glee "Songe to Aelle"
External websites: The full annotated text of Chatterton's poem may be found at the online version of "The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century" By Thomas Warton. page 346
Original text and translations
Middle English text
Songe to Aelle
by Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
Lines 19 to 24 and 31 to 36
- Oh thou, where'er (thie bones att reste)
- Thie sprite to haunt delyghteth beste,
Whytherr uppon the bloude embrewedd pleyne,
- Orr whare thou kennst fromme farre,
- The dysmalle crie of warre,
Orr seeste somme mountayne made of corse of sleyne;
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- Or fierie rounde the mynsster glare;
- Lette Brystowe stylle bee made thie care;
Guarde ytte fromme foemenne and consumynge fyre,
- lyche Avone streme ensyrke ytt rounde;
- Ne lett a flame enharme the grounde,
'Tyll in one flame, all the whole worlde expyres.