When icicles hang by the wall (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #16701:       Sibelius4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-4-21).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kbytes       Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 55 KB, MIDI: 8 KB, Sib4: 40 KB.

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Title: When Icicles Hang by the Wall
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1886

Description: English Lyrics Set 2 - No. 5, Lyrics by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) from his play, "Love's Labours Lost", Act V, Scene 2.

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English text

When icicles hang by the wall

And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,

And Tom bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail;

When blood is nipt and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl

Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,

And coughing drowns the parson's saw,

And birds sit brooding in the snow,

And Marian's nose looks red and raw;

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl

Then nightly sings the staring owl

Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

Lyrics: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , from "Love's Labours Lost", Act V, Scene 2.