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General Information

Title: Lay a garland on my hearse
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricists: Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Tenor solo

Genre: SecularArt song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1902

Description: Number 4 of Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 5. Lyrics from Beaumont and Fletcher's 1610 play, The Maid's Tragedy. These lyrics were also set by Peter Warlock (aka Philip Heseltine) as "A sad song" Songs - Vol 4 - (1922-1923).

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Original text and translations

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Lay a garland on my hearse,
Of the dismal yew,
Maidens, willow branches bear,
Say I died true.
 
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth;
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth.