by Anthony Munday (1553 - 1633)
Weep, weep, ye woodmen! wail
Language: English
Weep, [weep, ye]1 woodmen! wail; Your hands with sorrow wring! Your master Robin Hood lies dead, Therefore sigh as you sing. Here lie his primer and his beads, His bent bow and his arrows keen, His good sword and his holy cross: Now cast on flowers fresh and green; And, as they fall, shed tears and say Well, well-a-day! well, well-a-day! Thus cast ye flowers fresh, and sing, And on to Wakefield take your way.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anthony Munday (1553 - 1633), "Robin Hood borne on his bier", from Death of Robin Hood, first published 1601 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Lament for Robin Hood", 1956, published 1956. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Robin Hood borne on his bier", R. 25 (1923). [SATB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 76