Four arms, two necks, one wreathing (Thomas Weelkes)

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STB version

• CPDL #25930:  Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-04-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 15 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #9285.

• CPDL #09285:  NoteWorthy Composer

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 17 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

ATB version

• CPDL #07462: 

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2004-07-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 82 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: lyrics have "hands" instead of "arms"

• CPDL #03040:    Encore 

Editor: Bernard Delhez (submitted 2001-10-12).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 18 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.

SSA version

• CPDL #07461: 

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2004-07-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 80 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: lyrics have "hands" instead of "arms"

General Information

Title: Four arms, two necks, one wreathing
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: ATB, SSA or STB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices (London, 1608)

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Original text and translations

English text

Four arms, two necks, one wreathing,
Two pair of lips, one breathing.
Fa la la.
Two hearts that multiply
Sighs interchangeably.
Fa la la.

The thought of this confounds me,
And as I speak it wounds me.
Fa la la.
It cannot be express'd,
Good help me while I rest.
Fa la la.

Bad stomachs have their loathing,
And O this all is nothing.
Fa la la.
This so with griefs doth prove,
Report oft turns in love.
Fa la la.

Portuguese translation

Quatro braços, dois pescoços, um enlaço
Dois pares de lábios, uma respiração.
Fa la la la la la,
Dois corações que multiplicam suspiros alternadamente,
Fa la la la la la