Come, pretty bird (John Danby)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-02-07). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 81 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: Come, pretty bird
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1796
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, pretty bird, and sweetly sing,
But let it be my Delia's song;
And as I touch the trembling string,
Each note repeat, each strain prolong.
Ah! little minstrel are you there?
Sure thou wert taught to play thy part;
By such a soft engaging air
My Delia first ensnar'd my heart.
My ravish'd senses stood amaz'd,
Enchanted by each magic tone;
My eyes, my heart, on Delia gaz'd,
Till neither I could call my own.