Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
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CPDL #16699:
Sibelius4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-4-20). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 59 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 55 KB, MIDI: 10 KB, Sib4: 41 KB.
General Information
Title: Blow, blow thou winter winds
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1886
Description: English Lyrics Set 2 - No. 4 - Lyrics by William Shakespeare - (1564-1616) from a song in his play "As you like it" - Act II, Scene vii.
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Original text and translations
English text
- Blow, blow thou winter wind,
- Thou art not so unkind
- As man's ingratitude;
- Thy tooth is not so keen
- [ Because ]1 thou art not seen,
- Although thy breath be rude.
- Heigh ho! sing heigh ho!
- Unto the green holly:
- Most friendship is feigning,
- Most loving mere folly:
- Then, heigh ho! the holly!
- This life is most jolly.
- Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
- Thou dost not bite so nigh
- As benefits forgot:
- Though thou the waters warp,
- Thy sting is not so sharp
- As friend remember'd not.
- Heigh ho! sing heigh ho!
- unto the green holly:
- Most friendship is feigning,
- most loving mere folly
- Then, heigh ho! the holly!
- This life is most jolly.
1: Parry substitutes: "Although"
- Lyrics: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , from a song in the play "As You Like It", Act II, Scene vii.