Come, ye party jangling swains (John Danby)
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- (Posted 2022-01-17) CPDL #67610:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 249 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information
Title: Come, ye party jangling swains
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1785
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, ye party jangling swains,
Leave your flocks and quit the plains;
Friends to country, friends to court,
Nothing here shall spoil your sport.
Ever welcome to our feast,
Welcome ev'ry friendly guest.
Sprightly widows, come away,
Laughing dames and virgins gay;
Little gaudy fluttering misses,
Smiling hopes of future blisses.
Ever welcome to our feast,
Welcome ev'ry friendly guest.
All tha rip'ning sun can bring,
Beauteous summer, beauteous spring;
In one varying scene we show
The green, the ripe, the bud, the blow.
Ever welcome to our feast,
Welcome ev'ry friendly guest.
Comus jesting, music charming,
Wine inspiring, beauty warming;
Rage and party malice dies,
Peace returns and discord flies.
Ever welcome to our feast,
Welcome ev'ry friendly guest.