Tell me, roses - Barnby, Joseph

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⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 75522

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-09-19

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

Tell me, roses, ere ye die, While on Delia’s breast ye lay, Since ye were allowed so nigh, Prithee, cherished roses say, Did you hear a single sigh? That might chase my doubt away; Tell me, roses, can it be, That she heaved a sigh for me? Yet again, sweet roses, tell, While on Delia’s breast ye lay, Since that ye did fare so well, Prithee, favoured roses, say, If by chance a teardrop fell, After I had gone away; Tell me, roses, can it be, That she shed a tear for me? Tell me, roses, yet once more, In her chambers all the night, Since ye were allowed to pour Fragrance out for her delight, Did she slumber as of yore, Ere I met her heavenly sight? Or, sweet roses, can it be, That she waked to think of me?

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