Title: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Composer: Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Author: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
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- Transcribed at CPDL
- Key: PDF is in E Minor
- Range: E4 – G♯5
- Sibelius 4 source code available to edit or transpose.
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Blow, blow thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
Although thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.Heigh ho! sing heigh ho!
Unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning,
Most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh ho! the holly!
This life is most jolly.Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember’d not.Heigh ho! sing heigh ho!
unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning,
most loving mere folly
Then, heigh ho! the holly!
This life is most jolly.
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