Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Music: Roger Quilter (1877–1953) · Words: William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so
unkind As man’s ingratitude;
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The words
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so
unkind As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not
seen, Although thy breath be rude,
although thy breath be rude.
Heighho! sing heighho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere
folly: Then heigh ho! the holly!
This life, this life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not
so sharp As friend remembered not,
as friend remembered not.
Heighho! sing heighho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere
folly: Then heighho! the holly!
This life, this life is most jolly,
most jolly.
About this song
- Music
- Roger Quilter (1877–1953) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1905, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:10
- Its source files it as
- 3 Shakespeare Songs, Op.6
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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