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ralph vaughan williams - romanza. jane scroop: her lament for philip sparrow lyrics

placebo!
who is there, who?
dilexi!
dame margery?
fa, re, mi, mi
wherefore and why, why?
for the soul of philip sparrow
that was, late, slain at carrow
among the nuns black
for that sweet soul’s sake
and for all sparrows’ souls
set in our bead+rolls

when i remember again
how my philip was slain
never half the pain
was between you twain
pyramus and thisbe
as then befell to me:
i wept and i wailed
the tears down hailed
but nothing it availed
to call philip again
whom gib, our cat, hath slain
vengeance i ask and cry
by way of exclamation
on all the whole nation
of cattés wild and tame:
god sеnd them sorrow and shame!
that cat specially
that slеw so cruelly
my little pretty sparrow
that i brought up at carrow!
o cat of churlish kind
the fiend was in thy mind
so traitorously my bird to k!ll
that never owed thee evil will!
it had a velvet cap
and would sit upon my lap
and seek after small wormes
and sometime whitebread+crumbes;
and many times and oft
between my breastes soft
it would lie and rest;
it was proper and prest!
sometime he would gasp
when he saw a wasp;
a fly, or a gnat
he would fly at that;
and prettily he would pant
when he saw an ant!
lord how he would pry
after a b+tterfly!
lord, how he would hop
after the grasshop!
and when i said, ‘phip, phip!’
then he would leap and skip
and take me by the lip
alas! it will me slo
that philip is gone me fro!
for philip sparrow’s soul
set in our bead+roll
let us now whisper
a pater noster

lauda, anima mea, dominum!
to weep with me, look that ye come
all manner of birdés in your kind;
see none be left behind
to mourning look that ye fall
with dolorous songs funeral
some to sing, and some to say
some to weep, and some to pray
every bird in his lay
the goldfinch, the wagtail;
the jangling jay to rail
the fleckéd pie to chatter
of this dolorous matter;
and robin redbreast
he shall be the priest
the requiem mass to sing
softly warbling
with help of the reed sparrow
and the chattering swallow
this he+rs+ for to hallow;
the lark with his long toe;
the spinke, and the martinet also;
the fieldfare, the snite
the crow and the kite;
the raven called rolfe
his plain song to sol+fa;
the partridge, the quail;
the plover with us to wail;
the l+sty chanting nightingale;
the popinjay to tell her tale
that toteth oft in a glass
shall read the gospel at mass;
the mavis with her whistle
shall read there the epistle
our chanters shall be the cuckoo
the culver, the stockdoo
with ‘peewit’ the lapwing
the versicles shall sing
the swan of maeander
the goose and the gander
the duck and the drake
shall watch at this wake;
the owl that is so foul
must help us to howl;
the heron so gaunt
and the cormorant
with the pheasant
and the gaggling gant
the dainty curlew
with the turtle most true
the peac+ck so proud
because his voice is loud
and hath a glorious tail
he shall sing the grail

the bird of araby
that potentially
may never die
a phoenix it is
this he+rs+ that must bless
with aromatic gums
that cost great sums
the way of thurification
to make a fumigation
sweet of reflare
and redolent of air
this corse for to ‘cense
with great reverence
as patriarch or pope
in a black cope
whiles he ‘censeth the he+rs+
he shall sing the verse
libera me, domine!
in do, la, sol, re
softly be+mol
for my sparrow’s soul
and now the dark cloudy night
chaseth away phoebus bright
taking his course toward the west
god send my sparrow’s soul good rest!
requiem aeternam dona eis, domine!
i pray god, philip to heaven may fly!
domine,exaudi orationem meam!
to heaven he shall, from heaven he came!
dominus vobiscum!
of all good prayers god send him some!
oremus
deus, cui proprium est misereri et parcere
on philip’s soul have pity!
for he was a pretty c+ck
and came of a gentle stock
and wrapt in a maiden’s smock
and cherished full daintily
till cruel fate made him to die;
alas, for doleful destiny!
farewell, philip adieu!
our lord, thy soul rescue!
farewell, without restore
farewell for evermore!

- ralph vaughan williams lyrics

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