Over hill, over dale (Edward Bunnett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-28)  CPDL #75838:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-28).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 610 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Over hill, over dale
Composer: Edward Bunnett
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1888 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire,
I do wander every where,
Swifter than the moon’s sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green:
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dew-drops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.
Farewell, thou lob of spirits: I’ll be gone;
Our queen and all her elves come here anon.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Act II, Scene I