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by Thomas Dekker (c1572 - 1632)

Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain
Language: English 
Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain,
  Saint Hugh be our good speed:
Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain,
  Nor helps good hearts in need.

Trowl the bowl, the jolly nut-brown bowl,
  And here, kind mate, to thee:
Let's sing a dirge for Saint Hugh's soul,
  And down it merrily.

Down-a-down, hey, down-a-down,
  Hey derry derry, down-a-down!
Ho! well done, to me let come!
  Ring compass, gentle joy.

Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain,
  Saint Hugh be our good speed:
Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain,
  Nor helps good hearts in need.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Moeran 

E. Moeran sets stanzas 1-3, 2, 3

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Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Dekker (c1572 - 1632), "The second Three-Man's song", appears in The Shoemaker's Holiday [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Troll the bowl", R. 42 (1925), published 1925, stanzas 1-3,2,3 [voice and piano], Oxford University Press [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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