I know a bank (Charles Edward Horn)

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  • (Posted 2023-10-30)  CPDL #76792:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-30).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 429 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: SATB version, unaccompanied.
  • (Posted 2021-10-17)  CPDL #66237:         
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: SecularPartsong

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

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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.