Ye nymphs and sylvan gods - Arnold, Samuel

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"From "The Enraged Musician, a musical entertainment founded on Hogarth, performed at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket, 1789. Sung by Miss George"."

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Arias ♬ Voicing → solo high ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Basso continuo

Pages 3

CPDL # 74868

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2023-08-14

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¶Lyrics / Text

Ye nymphs and sylvan gods That love green fields and woods, When spring newly-born, Loves herself to adorn With flow'rs and blooming buds, In cheerful lays sing in the praise, Amidst the pleasant vale of those that choose their sleep to lose, And in the cold dews with clouted shoes Still carry the milking pail. When cold bleak winds do roar And flowers spring no more, The fields, lately seen So pleasant and green, By winter all candied o'er. Oh! how the town lass looks, With her white face and her lips of deadly pale; But it is not so with those that go Thro' frost and snow, with cheeks that glow, To carry the milking pail.