Under the greenwood tree (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #16854:   Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-5-8).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 10 KB, Sib4: 40 KB

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Title: Under the Greenwood Tree
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Scene V

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Tenor solo

Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1903

Description: Number 6 of "English Lyrics" - Set 6

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Original text and translations

English text

Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall we see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleas'd with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.