Shepherds, I have lost my love - Haydn, Joseph

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"Hob. XXXIa.94 Fakesong from the Celtic tweelight. Haydn's arrangement of a song sometimes attributed to Stephen Storace, but more likely to be a traditional air, often referred to as "The Banks of Banna"."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Folksongs ♬ Voicing → Solo high ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Keyboard, violin''

Pages 2

CPDL # 67600

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-01-17

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¶Lyrics / Text

Shepherds, I have lost my love; Have you seen my Anna? Pride of every shady grove Upon the banks of Banna. I for her my home forsook Near yon misty mountain, Left my flock, my pipe, my crook, Greenwood shade and fountain. Never shall I see them more Until her returning; All the joys of life are o'er, From gladness changed to mourning. Whither is my charmer flown? Shepherds, tell me whither; Ah! woe for me, perhaps she's gone For ever and for ever.