by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Come, gentle swains
Language: English
Come, gentle swains, and shepherd's dainty daughters, adorn'd with courtesy and comely duties, come sing and joy and grace with lovely laughters, the birthday of the beautiest of beauties. Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana: Long live fair Oriana!
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in The Triumphs of Oriana, 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 Michael Cavendish (c1565 - 1628), "Come, gentle swains", published 1601. [SSATB chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 41