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Editor: William Long (submitted 2008-03-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Arranged for SAT.
Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 18 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Nwc.png

General Information

Title: Tan-ta-ra cries Mars
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 3-4vv   Voicings: SATB or SAT
arrangement
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices (London, 1608)

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Original text and translations

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Tan ta ra Ran ta ra cries Mars on bloody rapier,
Fa la, fa la, fa la, fa la cries Venus in her chamber.
Toodle loodle loo,
cries Pan that Cuckoo, with bells at his shoe,
and a fiddle too
Aye me, but I alas lie weeping,
for death has slain my sweeting,
which hath my heart in keeping.