Song of the Milkmaid (Louis Arthur Russell)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 567 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Song of the Milkmaid
Composer: Louis Arthur Russell
Lyricist: Alfred Tennyson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1881 W. A. Ward
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Original text and translations
English text
From Queen Mary
Shame upon you, Robin,
Shame upon you now!
Kiss me would you? with my hands
Milking the cow?
Daisies grow again,
Kingcups blow again,
And you came and kissed me milking the cow.
Robin came behind me,
Kissed me well I vow;
Cuff him could I? with my hands
Milking the cow?
Swallows fly again,
Cuckoos cry again,
And you came and kissed me milking the cow.
Come, Robin, Robin,
Come and kiss me now;
Help it can I? with my hands
Milking the cow?
Ringdoves coo again,
All things woo again,
Come behind and kiss me milking the cow!