Before you can say, "Come" and "Go",
And breathe twice, and cry, "So, so,"
Each one, tripping on his toe,
Will be here with mop and [mow]1.
Do you love me, master? no?
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), no title, 1950, published 1968, first performed 1953 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Ariel from Shakespeare's Tempest, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Anthony Monk , "Come & Go", 1982, published 1982, first performed 1982 [ soprano and SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Ariel's Five Little Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Nyman (b. 1944), "Come and go", 1992, published 1992, lines 1-4 [ voice and piano ], from Ariel Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 5
Word count: 35
Prima che dire possiate, "Vai" e "vieni qui",
E, sospirando due volte, diciate "così" e "così",
ognuno di noi, con passo leggero,
fra smorfie e [boccacce]1 sarà subito qui.
Mi ami, padrone, è vero?
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