Sing his praises (Alfred Pratt)

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• (Posted 2023-11-29)  CPDL #77711:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-29).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 631 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Sing his praises
Composer: Alfred Pratt
Lyricist: John Fletcher
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1913 Stainer & Bell
Description: Two Songs to Pan, Op. 20, No. 2

Original text and translations

English text

Sing his praises that doth keep
    Our flocks from harm.
Pan, the father of our sheep;
    And arm in arm
Tread we softly in a round,
Whilst the hollow neighbouring ground
Fills the music with her sound.

Pan, O great god Pan, to thee
    Thus do we sing!
Thou who keep’st us chaste and free
    As the young spring:
Ever be thy honour spoke,
From that place the Morn is broke
To that place Day doth unyoke!

The Faithful Shepherdess
Act I, Scene II