Roundelay (Charles E. S. Littlejohn)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 566 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Roundelay
Composer: Charles E. S. Littlejohn
Lyricist: John Dryden
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1909 Stainer & Bell
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Original text and translations
English text
Chloe found Amyntas lying,
All in Tears, upon the Plain,
Sighing to himself, and crying,
“Wretched I, to love in vain!
Kiss me, Dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain.”
Sighing to himself, and crying,
“Wretched I, to love in vain!
Ever scorning, and denying
To reward your faithful Swain,
Kiss me, Dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain!”
“Ever scorning, and denying
To reward your faithful Swain.”
Chloe, laughing at his crying,
Told him, that he lov’d in vain:
“Kiss me, dear, before my dying;
Kiss me once, and ease my pain!”
Chloe, laughing at his crying,
Told him that he lov’d in vain;
But repenting, and complying,
When he kiss’d, she kiss’d again:
Kiss’d him up, before his dying;
Kiss’d him up, and eas’d his pain.