A lover’s ditty - Stanford, Charles Villiers

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"Three Part-Songs, Op. 111, No. 1."

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → 4 ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 80188

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2024-04-12

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

I had a love passing fair was she, As it were the whole world’s jewel, White as a dove, Say, how could it be, She could have a heart so cruel? Suing her, wooing her, Still with sighs pursuing her All I might gain for guerdon A word unkind, A doleful mind And a frown, And a song with a heavy burden, Down a-down, And a-down, a-down, a-down, a-down, a-down, Hey, down a-down a’. I had a love passing fair was she, Yet her heart set nothing by me; Shall I not prove, If some maid there be, Who will never thus deny me? Suing her, wooing her, Still with sighs pursuing her She will give more for guerdon Than a word unkind, A doleful mind And a frown, And a song with a heavy burden, Down a-down, And a-down, a-down, a-down, a-down, a-down, Hey, down a-down a’.