Come gentle swains (Michael Cavendish)
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General Information
Title: Come Gentle Swains
Composer: Michael Cavendish
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, gentle swains,
and shepherd's dainty daughters,
adorn'd with courtesy and comely duties,
come sing and joy and grace with lovely laughters,
the birthday of the beautiest of beauties.
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana:
Long live fair Oriana!
