Fair, sweet, cruel (John Gerrard Williams)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 376 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Fair, sweet, cruel
Composer: John Gerrard Williams
Lyricist: Thomas Ford
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1920 Novello and Co.
Description: Old English Lyrics, No. 3.
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Original text and translations
English text
Fair, sweet, cruel, why dost thou fly me?
Go not, oh go not from thy dearest!
When thou dost hasten, I am nigh thee;
When thou seem’st far, then I am nearest.
Tarry then, and take me with you.
Fie! Fie! Sweetest, here is no danger;
Fly not, oh fly not, love pursues thee.
I am no foe nor foreign stranger;
Thy scorn with fresher hope renews me.
Tarry then, and take me with you.
Musicke of Sundrie Kindes (1607)