Come thou monarch of the vine (Benjamin Cooke)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-03-06). Score information: A4, 1 page, 79 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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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: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: Written on 26th December, 1776.
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Original text and translations
English text
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.