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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough''<br> | ||
{{Composer|William Byrd}} | {{Composer|William Byrd}} | ||
{{Voicing|2|AA|AA}}<br> | {{Voicing|2|AA|AA}}<br> | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English}} | {{Text|English}} | ||
Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love? | :Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love? | ||
:Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above, | |||
Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above, | :What, dost thou serve a shepherdess? | ||
:Ay, such as hath no peer I guess. | |||
What, dost thou serve a shepherdess? | :What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast? | ||
:Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best, | |||
Ay, such as hath no peer I guess. | :Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high, | ||
:Yet love I must or else I die. | |||
What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast? | |||
Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best, | |||
Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high, | |||
Yet love I must or else I die. | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
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- CPDL #5828:
Sibelius 2.
- Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-10-22). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 72 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Who made thee, Hob, forsake the Plough
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: AA
Genre: Secular, Consort song
Language: English
Instruments: 4 viols (2 tenor, 2 bass)
Published: Songs of sundrie natures (1589), no. 41
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Original text and translations
English text
- Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love?
- Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above,
- What, dost thou serve a shepherdess?
- Ay, such as hath no peer I guess.
- What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast?
- Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best,
- Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high,
- Yet love I must or else I die.