Carters, now cast down your whips (Giles Farnaby)
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10). Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Files listed alphabetically by nationality and composer. Some composers have separate pages.
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-11). Score information: Letter, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan
General Information
Title: Carters, now cast down your whips
Composer: Giles Farnaby
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Canzonets to Four Voices (1598)
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Original text and translations
English text
Carters, now cast down your whips,
and shepherds put off your scrips
whilst that your sheep are grazing,
behold fair stars blazing,
Ambrosia talking with Amaryllis,
and Corydon walking with fair Phyllis,
to set your eyes a gazing.