My lodging is on the cold ground (Henry Knight)

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• (Posted 2023-11-06)  CPDL #77006:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 403 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: My lodging is on the cold ground
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Henry Knight
Lyricist: William Davenant
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1903 Edwin Ashdown, Ltd.
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Original text and translations

English text

My lodging is on the cold ground,
And oh! very hard is my fare;
But that which troubles me most is
The unkindness of my dear.
Yet still I cry, O turn love,
And prethee love turn to me,
For thou art the only man I love,
Alack what remedy.

I’ll crown thee with a garland love,
And marry thee with a rush ring,
My frozen hopes shall all then thaw
And merrily we will sing;
O turn to me, my dear love,
And prethee love turn to me,
For thou art the only man alone canst
Bring me liberty.

But if thou wilt harden,
harden the heart still,
And be deaf to my pittyful moan,
Then I must endure the grief and smart
And nurse deep sorrow alone;
Yet still I cry, O turn love,
I prethee love turn to me,
For thou art the man that alone art
The cause of misery.