For the hearne and ducke (John Bennet)

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• CPDL #24706:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-10-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 30 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on #14847. Transposed down a tone. Some minor changes to underlay to regularise spelling, and to note length at cadences. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• CPDL #14847:       

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-09).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 35 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #10149: 

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

• CPDL #00024:     

Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 1999-08-03).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: midi file created by Robert Losin

General Information

Title: For the Hearne and Ducke
Composer: John Bennet

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAT

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Ad lib.

First published: 1614 in A brief discourse, no. 5

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Original text and translations

English text

Lower Faulkners lower, give warning to the field,
let fly, make mounting hearnes to yield!
Die, fearful ducks, and climb no more so high,
the Nyas hawk will kiss the azure sky.
But when our soarhawks fly and stiff winds blow,
then long to late we falc'ners cry “hey ho!"