Evelyn Tubb, Mary Nichols, Cathy Cass, Joseph Cornwell & John Milne
madrigals arise awake you silly shepherds sleeping
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Arise, awake, awake,
You silly shepherds sleeping;
Devise some honour for her sake
By mirth to banish weeping.
See where she comes, lo where,
In gaudy green arraying,
A pince of beauty rich and rare
Pretends to go a-maying.
You stately nymphs draw near
And strew your paths with roses;
In you her trust reposes.
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana:
Long live fair Oriana.