Upon a Summer's day - Then for a boat - Byrd, William

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⌛ Period → Renaissance

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SAT

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range C3 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 60

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 5

CPDL # 7378

Editor David Fraser

Posted 2004-06-30

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

A3 – F5

Alto

E3 – C5

Tenor

C3 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

Upon a Summers day love went to swim, and cast himselfe into a Sea of teares, the cloudes cald in their light, and Heaven waxt dim, and sighes did raise a tempest, causing feares. The naked boy could not so weld his armes, but that the waves were maisters of his might, and threatned him to worke farr greater harmes, if he devised not to scape by flight. Then for a bote his quiver stood in stead, his bow unbent, did serve him for a mast, whereby to saile his cloth of vaile hee spread, his shaftes for ores on either bord he cast, from shipwracke safe this wag got thus to shore, & sware, to bath in lovers tears no more.

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