Nymphs and shepherds, come away.
In the groves let's sport and play,
For this is Flora's holiday,
Sacred to ease and happy love,
To dancing, to music and to poetry;
Your flocks may now securely rove
Whilst you express your jollity.
Nymphs and shepherds, come away.

Text Authorship:

• by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692) [author's text not yet checked 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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Nymphs and Shepherds", Z. 600 no. 1 (1692?), from the incidental music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Nymphs and shepherds" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], arranged by W. McNaught
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Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

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