by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) and by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lay a garland on my hearse
Language: English
Our translations: DUT
Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew, Maidens, willow branches [bear]1, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm [From my hour of birth;]2 Upon my buried body lie Lightly, [gentle]3 earth.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Pearsall, A. Taylor: "wear"
2 omitted by Pearsall and A. Taylor
3 Pearsall, A. Taylor: "thou gentle"
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 [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 Juriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996), "Aspatia's song", published 1960 [ tenor and piano ], from 4 English songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Lay a Garland on my Hearse", 1944 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Spring Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "Aspatia's song", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Aspatia's song", 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Aspatia's song" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Willow song", R. 69 no. 2 (1934), published 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Four English Lyrics, no. 2, Winthrop Rogers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Lay a garland on my hearse", 1876-1901, published 1902, from English Lyrics, Fifth Set, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), "Lay a garland", 1869 [ chorus ], partsong; note: replace 'I' with 'her' along with other pronouns. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Lay A Garland", op. 484 (1956) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929), "Aspatia’s Song", W26 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Lay a garland", published c1915 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Seven Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Lay a garland", op. 27 (2002) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "A sad song", 1922, published 1923, from Peterisms: first set, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
Legt ein Kränzlein von der Eibe
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Legt ein Kränzlein von der Eibe meinem Sarge bei. Mädchen, traget Weidenzweige, sagt, ich starb ihm treu. Feinslieb war falsch, doch ich beständig, seit ich Leben hab', Und du, milde Erde, gleite sanft auf mich herab.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher dramatische Werke herausgegeben von Karl Ludewig Kannegießer, Berlin, 1808, part one (Die Seereise / Die Braut) pages 182-183.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 and by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Volkmar Henschel
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 36