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Author: George Wither (1588-1667)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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An uncouth love-song - W. Davies [x]
Der entschloßne Schäfer (Sollt' ich in Verzweiflung schmachten ) - C. Neefe FRE
Der entschlossne Schäfer (Sollt' ich in Verzweiflung schmachten ) FRE
C. Neefe: Der entschloßne Schäfer

Der Gleichsinn (Sollt' ich voller Sorg' und Pein ) - J. Haydn FRE
Falero, lero, loo! (I loved a lass, a fair one) - P. Viardot-García
Hence away, thou siren, leave me
J. Hook: The steadfast shepherd

I loved a lass (I loved a lass, a fair one)
P. Viardot-García: Falero, lero, loo!

I loved a lass, a fair one
P. Viardot-García: Falero, lero, loo!

Shall I wasting in despair (Shall I, wasting in despair ) - R. Still FRE GER
Shall I, wasting in despair FRE GER
R. Still: Shall I wasting in despair

Sollt' ich in Verzweiflung schmachten FRE
C. Neefe: Der entschloßne Schäfer

Sollt' ich voller Sorg' und Pein FRE
J. Haydn: Der Gleichsinn

The Lover's Resolution (Shall I, wasting in despair ) FRE GER
R. Still: Shall I wasting in despair

The Manly Heart (or, in Lilyanne's case, Womanly) (Shall I, wasting in despair ) - R. Still FRE GER
The steadfast shepherd (Hence away, thou siren, leave me) - J. Hook