Poor, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing (Thomas Arne)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-11-08). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 199 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.
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Title: Poor, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: Matthew Prior
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: c.1775 (n/d)
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Original text and translations
English text
Poor, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing,
Must we no longer live together?
And dost thou prune thy trembling wing,
To take thy flight thou know'st not whither?
Thy pleasing vein, thy amorous folly,
Are all neglected, all forgot:
And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,
Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what.