Three children sliding (Arthur Wellesley Batson)

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• (Posted 2023-09-20)  CPDL #75545:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-20).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 398 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Three children sliding
Composer: Arthur Wellesley Batson
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1892 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

You parents that have children dear,
And eke you that have none,
If you will have them safe abroad,
Pray keep them safe at home.

Attributed in Novello score as from the comedy Gammer Gurton’s Needle by John Still (ca.1543–1607/8), Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Other sources attribute the rhyme to Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774)

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