Shepherds, I have lost my love (Joseph Haydn)
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- (Posted 2022-01-17) CPDL #67600:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 190 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information
Title: Shepherds, I have lost my love
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo high
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard, violin
First published: 1792
Description: Hob. XXXIa.94 Fakesong from the Celtic tweelight. Haydn's arrangement of a song sometimes attributed to Stephen Storace, but more likely to be a traditional air, often referred to as "The Banks of Banna".
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Original text and translations
English text
Shepherds, I have lost my love;
Have you seen my Anna?
Pride of every shady grove
Upon the banks of Banna.
I for her my home forsook
Near yon misty mountain,
Left my flock, my pipe, my crook,
Greenwood shade and fountain.
Never shall I see them more
Until her returning;
All the joys of life are o'er,
From gladness changed to mourning.
Whither is my charmer flown?
Shepherds, tell me whither;
Ah! woe for me, perhaps she's gone
For ever and for ever.