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Blow, blow, thou winter wind, | |||
Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude; | |||
Thy tooth is not so keen, | |||
because thou art not seen, | |||
although thy breath be rude. | |||
Heighho, sing heighho unto the green holly, | |||
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly; | |||
the heighho the holly, this life is most jolly. | |||
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, | |||
thou dost not bite so nigh, as benefits forgot; | |||
Though thou the waters warp, | |||
thy sting is not so sharp as friend re member'd not. | |||
Heighho, sing heighho unto the green holly, | |||
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly; | |||
the heighho the holly, this life is most jolly.}} | |||
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General Information
Title: Blow, blow, thouwinter wind
Composer: George Alexander Macfarren
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1869 in Novello Part-Song Book (2nd Series), Volume 1, no. 55, p. 101
Description: Shakespeare Songs no. 7.
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Original text and translations
English text
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
because thou art not seen,
although thy breath be rude.
Heighho, sing heighho unto the green holly,
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly;
the heighho the holly, this life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
thou dost not bite so nigh, as benefits forgot;
Though thou the waters warp,
thy sting is not so sharp as friend re member'd not.
Heighho, sing heighho unto the green holly,
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly;
the heighho the holly, this life is most jolly.