Arise, sweet heart, arise (Henry Lichfield)

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• (Posted 2024-09-15)  CPDL #81972: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 70 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Arise, sweet heart, arise
Composer: Henry Lichfield
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1613
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Original text and translations

English text

Arise, sweet heart, and come away to play;
See, with flowery garlands all the meads are gay.
The pretty birds are singing,
And echo sweetly ringing.
Then, Daphne, pity me, or else I die,
If with hard heart "No, no, no, no", you cry.