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O my sweet Mary, | |||
Who of thy love so chary, | |||
To thy fond swain? | |||
Who of thy slight bemoans him, | |||
Hie thee back again, | |||
And with thy smile cure his pain. | |||
On his bosom find thy resting place. | |||
Ah me! without thee, I die, | |||
Ah me, pity my misery. | |||
Be not cruel to the youth who bears thy chain.}} | |||
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Revision as of 09:13, 6 April 2020
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-04-06). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 105 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: O my sweet Mary
Composer: John Goss
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 15, no. 429
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Original text and translations
English text
O my sweet Mary,
Who of thy love so chary,
To thy fond swain?
Who of thy slight bemoans him,
Hie thee back again,
And with thy smile cure his pain.
On his bosom find thy resting place.
Ah me! without thee, I die,
Ah me, pity my misery.
Be not cruel to the youth who bears thy chain.