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*{{PostedDate|2013-09-21}} {{CPDLno|30171}} [[Media:Corelis-Housman_The_New_Mistress.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Corelis-Housman_The_New_Mistress.mp3|{{mp3}}]] [[Media:Corelis-Housman_The_New_Mistress.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
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{{Editor|Jon Corelis|2013-09-21}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|8|90}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Jon Corelis|2013-09-21}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|8|90}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''The New Mistress''}} | |||
{{Composer|Jon Corelis}} | {{Composer|Jon Corelis}} | ||
{{Lyricist|A. E. Housman}} | |||
{{Voicing|1|B}} | {{Voicing|1|B}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Art songs}} | {{Genre|Secular|Art songs}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Other}} | |||
{{Pub|1|2013}} | |||
{{Descr|My musical setting for one of A. E. Housman's poems. I've used the traditional Irish air O Arranmore. In the score, I've very slightly changed the original lyrics to fit the melody. Voice simulated by cello; the musical accompaniment is as an example of what might be done. The lyrics: ''The New Mistress'' by A. E. Housman}} | |||
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http://sites.google.com/site/jcorelis}} | |||
The lyrics: | |||
The New Mistress by A. E. Housman | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
Oh, sick I am to see you, will you never let me be? | {{Top}} | ||
You may be good for something but you are not good for me. | {{Text|English| | ||
Oh, go where you are wanted, for you are not wanted here. | {{Vs|1}} Oh, sick I am to see you, will you never let me be? | ||
And that was all the farewell when I parted from my dear. | You may be good for something but you are not good for me. | ||
Oh, go where you are wanted, for you are not wanted here. | |||
I will go where I am wanted, to a lady born and bred | And that was all the farewell when I parted from my dear. | ||
Who will dress me free for nothing in a uniform of red; | {{Vs|2}} I will go where I am wanted, to a lady born and bred | ||
She will not be sick to see me if I only keep it clean: | Who will dress me free for nothing in a uniform of red; | ||
I will go where I am wanted for a soldier of the Queen. | She will not be sick to see me if I only keep it clean: | ||
I will go where I am wanted for a soldier of the Queen.}} | |||
I will go where I am wanted, for the sergeant does not mind; | {{Middle}} | ||
He may be sick to see me but he treats me very kind: | {{Text|Simple| | ||
He gives me beer and breakfast and a ribbon for my cap, | {{Vs|3}} I will go where I am wanted, for the sergeant does not mind; | ||
And I never knew a sweetheart spend her money on a chap. | He may be sick to see me but he treats me very kind: | ||
He gives me beer and breakfast and a ribbon for my cap, | |||
I will go where I am wanted, where | And I never knew a sweetheart spend her money on a chap. | ||
And the men are none too many for the work there is to do; | {{Vs|4}} I will go where I am wanted, where there's room for one or two, | ||
Where the standing line wears thinner and the dropping dead lie thick; | And the men are none too many for the work there is to do; | ||
And the enemies of England they shall see me and be sick. | Where the standing line wears thinner and the dropping dead lie thick; | ||
And the enemies of England they shall see me and be sick.}} | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Modern music]] | [[Category:Modern music]] |
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- Editor: Jon Corelis (submitted 2013-09-21). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 90 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: The New Mistress
Composer: Jon Corelis
Lyricist: A. E. Housman
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: B
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Other
First published: 2013
Description: My musical setting for one of A. E. Housman's poems. I've used the traditional Irish air O Arranmore. In the score, I've very slightly changed the original lyrics to fit the melody. Voice simulated by cello; the musical accompaniment is as an example of what might be done. The lyrics: The New Mistress by A. E. Housman
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text 1 Oh, sick I am to see you, will you never let me be? |
3 I will go where I am wanted, for the sergeant does not mind; |