I've lost my mistress, horse and wife (Maurice Greene)

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  • (Posted 2021-03-16)  CPDL #63499:       
Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2021-03-16).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 176 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: I've lost my mistress, horse and wife
Composer: Maurice Greene

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSS

Genre: SacredCanon

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: Not known

Description: A 3 part catch. It starts with the first voice singing the first part to the end. The first voice then sings the 2nd part while the second voice starts singing the first part and so on.

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Original text and translations

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I've lost my mistress, horse and wife,
But when I think on human life
I'm glad it is no worse.
My wife was ugly and a scold,
my mistress was grown lean and old.
I'me sorry for my horse, my horse.