Come thou monarch of the vine (Benjamin Cooke)

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General Information

Title: Come thou monarch of the vine
Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Written on 26th December, 1776.

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Original text and translations

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Come, thou monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyen,
In thy vats our cares be drown'd,
With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd:
Cup us till the world go round.