When daisies pied (John Stafford Smith)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-03-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 129 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Originally written for men's voices, this edition is also offered for SSA. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: When daisies pied
Composer: John Stafford Smith
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: SSA or TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1785
Description: Song from The Winter's Tale.
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Original text and translations
English text
When daisies pied, and violets blue,
And ladysmocks all silver white,
And cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight;
The cuckoo then, from tree to tree,
Mocks married men;
For thus sings he:
Cuckoo. O word of fear
Unpleasing to a married ear.
When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks,
And turtles tread, and rooks and daws,
And maidens bleach their summer smocks;
The cuckoo then on ev'ry tree
Mocks married men;
For thus sings he:
Cuckoo. O word of fear
Unpleasing to a married ear.