O sing unto mie roundelaie (Samuel Wesley)

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CPDL #18125:   Sibelius 5

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (added 2008-10-05).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 82 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the original version of this piece published by the composer c. 1813. Included in British Library shelfmark E. 270.f.(2)

General Information

Title: O sing unto mie roundelaie
Composer: Samuel Wesley
Lyricist: Thomas Chatterton (1752 – 1770)

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1813

Description: A madrigal imitating in some respects the 17th Century English style. Submitted unsuccessfully for a prize by the composer to the Madrigal Society.

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Original text and translations

Middle English text

First verse only. Note that Wesley does not always follow the Middle English spelling used (or invented) by Chatterton and which is given below.

O, synge untoe mie roundelaie!
O, droppe the brynie teare wythe mee!
Daunce ne moe atte hallie daie;
Lycke a reynynge ryver bee:
Mie love ys dedde,
Gon to hys death-bedde,
Al under the wyllowe tree.