Blow thou winter wind (Jonathan Merrett)
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- Editor: Jonathan Merrett (submitted 2019-08-20). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 156 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Blow thou winter wind
Composer: Jonathan Merrett
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 2019
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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.
R.:
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remembered not.
R.