I know a bank (Charles Edward Horn)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-30). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 429 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB version, unaccompanied.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-10-17). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 195 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SS version, with piano
General Information
Title: I know a bank
Composer: Charles Edward Horn
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 2,4vv Voicings: SS or SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1891 Novello's Two-Part Songs for Female Voices no.62
2nd published: 1909 American Book Company
Description: From A midsummer night's dream. Act II, Scene 1
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Original text and translations
English text
I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
There sleeps the fairy Queen.
There sleeps sometimes of the night,
Lulled in the flowers with dances and delight.