Though my carriage be but careless (Thomas Weelkes)
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CPDL #24678:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-10-08). Score information: A4, 1 page, 16 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #9292.
- CPDL #9292: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: A4, 1 page, 15 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Though my carriage be but careless
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
- Though my carriage be but careless,
- though my looks be of the sternest,
- yet my passions be compareless,
- when I love, I love in earnest.
- No, my wits are not so wild
- but a gentle soul may yoke me,
- nor my heart so hard compiled
- but it melts, if love provoke me.
Dutch translation
- Al is mijn vege lijf versleten,
- en zijn mijn trekken wat verbeten,
- toch is mijn hartstocht onbegrensd,
- wanneer ik liefheb in alle ernst.
- Ach nee, mijn grapjes zijn niet erg gevat
- toch brengt een zachte ziel mij in vervoering,
- noch is mijn inborst zo gehard
- dat 'k niet ontdooi van liefde en ontroering.