Lady, when I behold the roses (a6) (John Wilbye)

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Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2011-02-27).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 870 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Lady, when I behold the roses (a6)
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1598

Description: This is Wilbye's 6-part setting. For his 4-part setting of the same text, see Lady, when I behold the roses (a4)

External websites: Source: http://imslp.org/wiki/Madrigals_-_Set_1_%28Wilbye,_John%29 - number 24.

Original text and translations

English text

Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting,
Which clad in damask mantles deck the arbours,
And then behold your lips, where sweet love harbours,
My eyes present me with a double doubting.
For, viewing both alike, hardly my mind supposes
Whether the roses be your lips or your lips the roses.