Who shall win my lady fair? (Robert Lucas Pearsall)

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  • (Posted 2023-11-27)  CPDL #77622:     
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Edition notes: This edition has the first line 'Who shall have my lady fair?'

General Information

Title: Who shall win my lady fair?
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1869
    2nd published: 1877 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 10, no. 287
Description: “founded upon an ancient ditty in the library of the British Museum”

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Original text and translations

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Who shall win[have] my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
Who but I should win my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
Who shall win my lady,
When the leaves are green?
Not you, no, no,
The bravest man that best love can
Shall win my lady fair.
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
He shall marry her, he's the man;
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
When the leaves are green,
He shall marry my lady,
When the leaves are green.

Will you bury my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
No, not I; I won't bury my lady fair,
When the leaves are green.
Will you bury my lady,
When the leaves are green?
Will you? Why so?
I'd rather marry my lady fair,
E'en though the trees were bare.
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
She shall marry a proper man;
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
When the leaves are green,
He shall marry my lady,
When the leaves are green.