When icicles hang by the wall

When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail;

When blood is nipt and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl
Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw;

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl
Then nightly sings the staring owl
Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! Tuwhoo! A merry note!
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 2

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Dominick Argento (1927-) , "Winter", 1957, published 1970, from 6 Elizabethan Songs, no. 3.
by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) , "When icicles hang by the wall"
by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "When icicles hang by the wall", op. 28a no. 2 (1946-7) [voice, small orchestra], from Four Songs from Love's Labours Lost, no. 2.
by Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) , "When icicles hang", 1946 [voice and piano], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 4.
by Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950) , "Winter"
by Frederick Keel (1871-1954) , "When icicles hang"
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "When Icicles hang by the wall", 1940, published 1940 [high or medium voice and piano], from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 4.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "When icicles hang by the wall", 1874-1885, published 1886, from English Lyrics, set 2 no. 5
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "When icicles hang", op. 32 no. 2, from Two Shakespeare Songs (4^th set), no. 2.
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "Winter"
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "When icicles hang by the wall", 1925, from 3 Songs from Shakespeare, no. 2.

by Wilhelm Petersen (1890-1957) , "Winter", op. 46 no. 8, from Lieder aus Shakespeare-Dramen, no. 8.

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