by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Adieu, adieu, you kind and cruel
Language: English
Adieu, adieu, you kind and cruel, And you, mine own sweet Jewel, Adieu, adieu, and you adieu, Thus said these lovers And as their hands were shaking, The Groom his heart fell quaking And then fell down a-dying And she sat by him crying.
Note: at least two editions of the madrigal have a typo in line 5 that has been corrected above (word 3 is "they").
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Adieu, adieu, you kind and cruel", published 1597 [ vocal quintet a cappella ], from Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices, no. 3, London: Peter Short [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 44