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Come live with me
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · James Gibb
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Come live with me by John Liptrot Hatton — Lyrics
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That hills and valleys, dales and fields, [That grove and valley, hill and field]
And all the steepy mountain yields. [Or woods and steepy mountains yield.]
There will we sit upon the rocks
And see the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
There will I make thee beds of roses
And [twine] a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle [rural kirtle]
Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.
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About Come live with me
John Liptrot Hatton’s setting of Come live with me opens with an immediate sense of pastoral invitation. The SATB voices enter with a flowing, homophonic texture, painting a picture of idyllic love and rural simplicity. The composer captures the charm of the poem, with its imagery of shepherds and singing birds, through gentle melodic lines and a warm harmonic palette. This English part-song is perfect for choirs looking for a delightful and accessible piece that evokes the pleasures of the countryside and the sweetness of a romantic idyll, bringing to life a cherished literary text with engaging vocal writing.
