Nymphs are sporting - Pearsall, Robert

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigals

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range F2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 32

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77610

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-27

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

E4 – F5

Alto

C4 – G4

Tenor

F3 – F4

Bass

F2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

Nymphs are sporting, Shepherds courting, Birds do sweetly sing; Mirth and joy and pleasure, Frolic without measure, In the cheerful spring; Flocks are bleating, Rock repeating, Echo back the sound; Merry bells are ringing, While the maidens singing, Trip it in around. Melancholy Is but folly, Never sigh and pine; Fill your brimming glasses, Toast your favorite lasses, In the rosy wine; Come, be merry, Sing down derry, Youth soon flies away; Banish care and sadness, Nature all in gladness Maketh holyday. Thomas Oliphant (1799–1873) based on words by Henry Carey (c.1687–1743)