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- Editor: Ariel Barton (submitted 2018-06-04). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Arranged by J. Frederick Bridge and published in his 1890 book Songs from Shakespeare.
General Information
Title: A poor soul sat sighing
Composer: Pelham Humfrey
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: T
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1890
Description: Traditional English folksong. In Shakespeare's Othello, the words are altered to apply to a female character and alotted to Desdemona.
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Original text and translations
English text
A poor soul sat sighing, by a sycamore tree,
Sing willow, willow!
With his hand in his bosom,
his head on his knee:
O willow, willow!
O willow, willow!
He sighed and sobb'd, and after each groane,
I'm dead to all joys since my truelove is gone;
O willow, willow!
O willow, willow!
Come, all ye forsaken, and mourn now with me,
Who speaks of a false love, mine's falser than she.
O willow, willow!
O willow, willow!
O willow, willow!