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Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (added 2004-06-30, revised 2007-04-14).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 72 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Glee for four voices.

General Information

Title: Once upon my cheek he said the roses grew
Composer: John Wall Callcott

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Partsongs

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).
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Original text and translations

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From “Ethwald” by Joanna Baillie (1762-1852), Act V scene II


Once upon my cheek

He said the roses grew,

But now they're washed away

With the cold evening dew.


For I wander through the night,

When all but me have rest,

And the moon's soft beams fall piteously

Upon my troubled breast.