by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Blow, Shepherds, blow
Language: English
Blow, Shepherds, blow, blow your pipes with glee resounding, with gladsome glee resounding: See lo where the fair Eliza, see she comes with love, love and heavenly grace abounding. Run Nymphs apace, go meet her with flowers and garlands goodly greet her. All hail Eliza fair, the country's goddess; long mayst thou live the shepherds queen, and lovely Mistress; long mayst thou live the shepherds lovely Mistress; long mayst thou live their Mistress.
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), "Blow, Shepherds, blow", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 8, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 73