Three Elizabethan Songs

Song Cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

?. The willow song
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Desdemona
 The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
 Sing all a green willow:
 Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
 Sing willow, willow, willow:
 The fresh streams ran by her, and murmur'd her moans;
 Sing willow, willow, willow;
 Her salt tears fell from her, and soften'd the stones;

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 Sing willow, willow, willow;

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 Sing all a green willow must be my garland.

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Desdemona:
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Total word count: 67