How merrily we live (Michael Este)
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General Information
Title: How Merrily We Live
Composer: Michael Este
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Second Set of Madrigals (1606)
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Original text and translations
English text
- How merrily we live that shepherds be,
- roundelays still we sing with merry glee,
- On the pleasant downs where as our flocks we see,
- we feel no cares, we fear not fortune’s frowns,
- we have no envy which sweet mirth confounds.
