Who shall win my lady fair? (Robert Lucas Pearsall)
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- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2013-07-02). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 75 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2009-02-07). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 416 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This edition has the first line 'Who shall have my lady fair?'
General Information
Title: Who shall have my lady fair?
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1869
2nd published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 10, no. 287
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Original text and translations
English text
Who shall win[have] my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
Who but I should win my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
Who shall win my lady,
When the leaves are green?
Not you, no, no,
The bravest man that best love can
Shall win my lady fair.
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
He shall marry her, he's the man;
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
When the leaves are green,
He shall marry my lady,
When the leaves are green.
Will you bury my lady fair,
When the leaves are green?
No, not I; I won't bury my lady fair,
When the leaves are green.
Will you bury my lady,
When the leaves are green?
Will you? Why so?
I'd rather marry my lady fair,
E'en though the trees were bare.
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
She shall marry a proper man;
Dandirly, dandirly, dandirly dan,
When the leaves are green,
He shall marry my lady,
When the leaves are green.