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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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{{Editor|Peter Kaplan|2016-05-09}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|36|5535}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|Peter Kaplan|2016-05-09}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|36|5535}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|With piano reduction for rehearsal only. Bass/baritone parts split out on one movement for readability. Lilypond source files available on each individual movement's page in ChoralWiki.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Six Choral Folksongs'', H136, Op.36b<br> | '''Title:''' ''Six Choral Folksongs'', H136, Op. 36b<br> | ||
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{{Lyricist| | '''Composers:''' [[George Barnet Gardiner]], [[Anonymous]] | ||
{{Arranger|Gustav Holst}} | |||
{{Lyricist|}} | |||
{{Voicing|4|SATB | {{Voicing|4|SATB|add=with ''divisi'' more or less throughout}} | ||
{{Genre| | {{Genre|Secular|Folksongs}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
''' | {{PubDatePlace|1917|by J. Curwen and Sons, London| }} | ||
{{Descr|Folk songs, most collected by [[George Barnet Gardiner]].}} | |||
{{ListSections|All|Gustav Holst|Songs|Link | |||
|1|I sowed the seeds of love| | |||
|2|There was a tree| | |||
|3|Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John| | |||
|4|Song of the Blacksmith| | |||
|5|I love my love| | |||
|6|Swansea Town|}} | |||
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*{{IMSLP2|6_Choral_Folksongs%2C_Op.36_(Holst%2C_Gustav)}}}} | |||
==Works at CPDL== | |||
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==Original text and translations== | |||
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{{Text|English| | |||
1. | |||
{{Vs|1}}I sowed the seeds of love | |||
I sowed them in the spring | |||
I gather'd them up in the morning so soon | |||
When small birds sweetly sing | |||
{{Vs|2}}My garden was planted well | |||
With flowers everywhere | |||
But I had not the liberty to choose | |||
The flow'r that I lov'd so dear | |||
{{Vs|3}}The gardener standing by | |||
I asked him to choose for me | |||
He chose for me the violet, the lily, the pink | |||
But these I refused all three | |||
{{Vs|4}}The violet I did not like | |||
Because it fades so soon | |||
The lily and pink I did over-think | |||
And vow'd I would wait till June | |||
{{Vs|5}}In June is a red, red Rose | |||
And that is the flower for me | |||
I'll pluck it and think that no lily or pink | |||
Can match with the bud on that tree | |||
2. | |||
{{Vs|1}}There was a tree all in the woods, | |||
As fine a tree as ever you did see, | |||
For the tree was in the woods, | |||
And the woods lie in the valley below. | |||
{{Vs|2}}There was a limb all on the tree, | |||
As fine a limb as ever you did see, | |||
For the limb was on the tree, | |||
And the tree was in the woods, | |||
And the woods lie in the valley below. | |||
{{Vs|3}}There was a bough all on the tree, | |||
As fine a bough as ever you did see, | |||
For the bough was on the limb, | |||
And the limb was on the tree, | |||
And the tree was in the woods, | |||
And the woods lie in the valley below. | |||
{{Vs|4}}There was a bird all on the tree, | |||
The finest bird that ever you did see, | |||
For the bird was on the bough, | |||
And the bough was on the limb, | |||
And the limb was on the tree, | |||
And the tree was in the woods, | |||
And the woods lie in the valley below. | |||
3. | |||
{{Vs|1}}Matthew, Mark and Luke and John, | |||
Bless the bed that I lie on. | |||
Four angels to my bed, | |||
Two to bottom, two to head, | |||
Two to hear me when I pray, | |||
Two to bear my soul away. | |||
{{Vs|2}}God is the branch and I the flower, | |||
Pray God send me a blessed hour. | |||
I go to bed some sleep to take: | |||
The Lord, He knows if I shall wake. | |||
Sleep I ever, sleep I never, | |||
God receive my soul for ever.}} | |||
{{mdl}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. | |||
''Kang, kang, kang ki ki kang kang.'' | |||
For the blacksmith courted me, nine months and better; | |||
And first he won my heart, till he wrote to me a letter. | |||
With his hammer in his hand, as he strikes so mighty and clever, | |||
He makes the sparks to fly all around his middle. | |||
5. | |||
{{Vs|1}}Abroad as I was walking | |||
One evening in the spring | |||
I heard a maid in Bedlam | |||
So sweetly for to sing; | |||
Her chain she rattled with her hands | |||
And thus replied she: | |||
''Chorus:'' | |||
I love my love | |||
Because I know | |||
My love loves me | |||
{{Vs|2}}Oh cruel were his parents | |||
Who sent my love to sea | |||
And cruel was the ship | |||
That bore my love from me: | |||
Yet I love his parents | |||
Since they’re his although | |||
they’ve ruined me: | |||
''Chorus'' | |||
{{Vs|3}}Just as she there sat weeping | |||
Her love he came on land | |||
Then, hearing she was in Bedlam | |||
He ran straight out of hand; | |||
He flew into her snow-white arms | |||
And thus replied he: | |||
''Chorus'' | |||
{{Vs|4}}She said: “My love don’t frighten me, | |||
are you my love or no?” | |||
“O yes, my dearest Nancy, | |||
I am your love, also | |||
I am returned to make amends | |||
for all your injury.” | |||
''Chorus'' | |||
{{Vs|5}}So now these two are married, | |||
And happy may they be like turtle | |||
Doves together, in love and unity. | |||
All pretty maids with patience wait | |||
That have got loves at sea; | |||
''Chorus'' | |||
6. | |||
{{Vs|1}}Oh! Farewell to you, my Nancy, ten thousand times adieu, | |||
I'm bound to cross the ocean, girl, once more to part with you; | |||
Once more to part from you, fine girl, you're the girl that I adore, | |||
But still I live in hopes to see old Swansea Town once more. | |||
'' | {{Vs|2}}Oh! It's now that I am out to sea, and you are far behind, | ||
Kind letters I will write to you of the secrets of my mind; | |||
The secrets of my mind, fine, girl, you're the girl that I adore, | |||
But still I live in hopes to see old Swansea Town once more. | |||
{{Vs|3}}Oh now the storm it's rising, I can see it coming on, | |||
{{ | The night so dark as anything, we cannot see the moon; | ||
Our good old ship she is toss'd aft, our rigging is all tore | |||
But still I live in hopes to see old Swansea Town once more. | |||
{{Vs|4}}Oh, it's now the storm is over and we are safe on shore, | |||
We'll drink strong drinks and brandies too to the girls that we adore; | |||
To the girls that we adore, fine girls, we'll make this tavern roar, | |||
And when our money is all gone, we'll go to sea for more.}} | |||
{{btm}} | |||
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- Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2016-05-09). Score information: Letter, 36 pages, 5.41 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: With piano reduction for rehearsal only. Bass/baritone parts split out on one movement for readability. Lilypond source files available on each individual movement's page in ChoralWiki.
General Information
Title: Six Choral Folksongs, H136, Op. 36b
Composers: George Barnet Gardiner, Anonymous
Arranger: Gustav Holst
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, with divisi more or less throughout
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Publication date and place: 1917 by J. Curwen and Sons, London.
Description: Folk songs, most collected by George Barnet Gardiner.
Songs in this work
- 1. I sowed the seeds of love
- 2. There was a tree
- 3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
- 4. Song of the Blacksmith
- 5. I love my love
- 6. Swansea Town
External websites:
- Six Choral Folksongs (Gustav Holst) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Works at CPDL
Title | Composer | Arranger | No. | Vo. | Voices |
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I love my love | George Barnet Gardiner | Gustav Holst | 5 | 4 | SATB |
I sowed the seeds of love | George Barnet Gardiner | Gustav Holst | 1 | 4 | SATB |
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John | Anonymous | Gustav Holst | 3 | 4 | SATB |
Song of the Blacksmith | George Barnet Gardiner | Gustav Holst | 4 | 4 | SATB |
Swansea Town | George Barnet Gardiner | Gustav Holst | 2 | 4 | SATB |
There was a tree | George Barnet Gardiner | Gustav Holst | 2 | 4 | SATB |
Original text and translations
English text 1. |
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