Shepherds all, and maidens fair (Walter Cecil Macfarren)

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•  Posted on 2023-11-13(Posted 2023-11-13)  CPDL #77276:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-13).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 501 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2019-11-23)  CPDL #56029:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-11-23).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 138 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Shepherds all, and maidens fair
Composer: Walter Cecil Macfarren
Lyricist: John Fletcher

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published: 1876 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 9, no. 280
Description: Lyrics from The Faithful Shepherdess, Act II. Scene 1

Original text and translations

English text

Shepherds all, and maidens fair,
Fold your flocks up, for the air
’Gins to thicken, and the sun
Already his great course hath run.
See the dew-drops how they kiss
Every little flower that is,
Hanging on their velvet heads,
Like a rope of crystal beads.

And let your dogs lie loose without,
Lest the wolf come as a scout
From the mount[ain], and ere day,
Bear a lamb or kid away;
Or the crafty thievish fox
Break upon your simple flocks.