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Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew, Maidens, willow branches [bear]1, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm [From my hour of birth;]2 Upon my buried body lie Lightly, [gentle]3 earth.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Pearsall, A. Taylor: "wear"
2 omitted by Pearsall and A. Taylor
3 Pearsall, A. Taylor: "thou gentle"
Authorship
- by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Juriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996), "Aspatia's song", published 1960 [ tenor and piano ], from 4 English songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Lay a Garland on my Hearse", 1944 [ baritone and piano ], from Five Spring Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Aspatia's song" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Willow song", R. 69 no. 2 (1934), published 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Four English Lyrics, no. 2, Winthrop Rogers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Lay a garland on my hearse", 1876-1901, published 1902, from English Lyrics, Fifth Set, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), "Lay a garland", 1869 [ chorus ], partsong; note: replace 'I' with 'her' along with other pronouns. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Lay a garland", op. 27 (2002) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "A sad song", 1922, published 1923, from Peterisms: first set, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Leg op haar lijkwagen een krans van mistroostig taxusblad en meisjes kom met wilgentakken, zeg dat zij stierf, immer trouw. Haar lief bedroog haar, zij was sterk. Rust zacht, gij goede aarde, op haar lichaam in dit graf.
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Authorship
- Translation from English to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2009 by Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610 and by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Aspatia's song", appears in The Maid's Tragedy, first published 1610
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 38