Turn Amarillis (Thomas Brewer)

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• (Posted 2022-04-02)  CPDL #68706: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-04-02).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 229 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: Turn Amarillis
Composer: Thomas Brewer
Lyricist: James Shirley
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1765
Description: Originally an accompanied air, this version as a glee was drafted by William Hayes. In this form it was a staple of glee clubs throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, often anthologised and imitated, spawning riposts by Paxton and

Original text and translations

English text

Turn, Amarillis, to thy swain;
Thy Damon calls thee back again.
Here is a pretty arbour by,
Where Apollo cannot spy.
Here let's sit and, whilst I play,
Sing to my pipe a roundelay.