Pearce did love fair Petronel (Giles Farnaby)

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• CPDL #14897:

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10).   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Files listed alphabetically by nationality and composer. Some composers have separate pages.

• CPDL #10105:

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan

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Title: Pearce did love fair Petronel
Composer: Giles Farnaby

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Canzonets to Four Voices (1598)

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English text

Pearce did love fair Petronel,
because she sang and danced well,
and gallantly could prank it.
He pulled her and he hauled her,
and oftentimes he called her,
primrose peerless, prick'd in a blanket.