And in each track of glory, Z 333/5 (Henry Purcell)

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• (Posted 2010-06-10)  CPDL #21759: 

Editor: William Long (submitted 2010-06-10).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 444 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: The song has been transposed from D minor, its key in Orpheus Britannicus, to C minor.

General Information

Title: And in each track of Glory
Composer: Henry Purcell

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: Soprano-Bass duo
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1690
    2nd published: 1698 in Orpheus Britannicus (Henry Purcell), Book 1, p. 208
Description: Originally from Yorkshire Feast Song, this version is taken from Orpheus Britannicus.

Original text and translations

English text

And in each track of Glory,
For their lov'd Country, or their Prince.
Princes that hate Rome's Tyranny,
And joyn the Nations right with their own Royalty;
None were more ready in distress to save,
None were more Loyal, none more brave.