Come away, sweet love (George Rathbone)

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  • (Posted 2023-11-30)  CPDL #77732:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-30).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 235 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Come away, sweet love
Composer: George Rathbone
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1898 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

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Come away, sweet love, and play thee,
Lest grief and care betray thee;
Leave off this sad lamenting,
And take thy heart’s contenting,
Each nymph to sport invites thee,
And running in and out delights thee;
Fa la la la la.