In pride of May (Philip James)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-04-18). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 388 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: In pride of May
Composer: Philip James
Lyricist: Thomas Weelkes
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1913 H. W. Gray
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Original text and translations
English text
In pride of May,
The fields are gay,
The birds do sweetly sing.
Fa la la la la la.
So nature would
That all things should
With joy begin the Spring.
Fa la la la la la.
Then Lady dear
Do you appear,
In beauty like the Spring.
Fa la la la la la.
I well dare say
The birds that day
More cheerfully will sing,
Fa la la la la la.