Bushes and briars (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-05). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 351 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Bushes and briars
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1924 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Thro’ bushes and thro’ briars,
Of late I took my way;
All for to hear the small birds sing,
And the lambs to skip and play.
I overheard my own true love,
Her voice it was so clear,
“Long time I have been waiting for
The coming of my dear.
Sometimes I am uneasy,
And troubled in my mind,
Sometimes, I think I’ll go to my love
And tell to him my mind;
And if I should go to my love,
My love he will say nay;
If I show to him my boldness,
He’ll ne’er love me again.”