Robin Goodfellow (A Madrigal) - Lesemann-Elliott, Caroline

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◈ Genre → Madrigals

♯ Key D minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSAA

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range G3 – A5

¶ Language → English

Measures 34

Texture Homophonic

Parts 2

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 51576

Editor Caroline Lesemann-Elliott

Posted 2018-10-25

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C4 – A5

Alto

G3 – D5

¶Lyrics / Text

From Oberon in Fairyland, the king of ghosts and shadows there, Mad Robin I, at his command am sent to view the night sports here. What revel rout is kept about, in ev'ry corner where I go I’ll o'ersee, and merry be, and make good sport with ho, ho, ho! From hagbred Merlin’s time, have I thy thus nightly revelled to and fro; and for my pranks men call me by the name of Robin Goodfellow. By wells and rills in meadows green, we nightly dance our heyday guise; and to our fairy king and queen we chant our moonlight minstrelsies. When larks ‘gin sing, away we fling; and babes newborn steal as we go; and elf in bed we leave instead, and wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho! Fiends, ghosts and sprites who haunt the nights, the hags and goblins do us know; and beldames old our feats have told; so frolic it with a ho, ho, ho!