A collection of song lyrics that I came across during my research for my MIDI sequence collection, but which for various reasons could not be included there.
Fest z jeżiór zietrż dnie. Translation of Masurenlied into the Masurian dialect.Hymn norodu ślůnskjygo. The anthem of the Silesian nation, written by K. Gwóźdź.Narodna pesma. Translation of the national anthem of the Austrian Empire from the time of Ferdinand I and V into Kajkavian Croatian.Oda do Radośći. Translation of the first verse of the Ode to Joyinto Silesian by D. Dyrda.
Pě́snʹ avstrī́ĭskikhʺ Sérbōvʺ. Translation of the national anthem of the Austrian Empire from the time of Ferdinand I and V into Church Slavonic.Polen wird für ewig Polen. Song written by J. T. Krov to the tune of Těšme se blahou nadějí, but with Polonophile lyrics.Psieszniá mazurská. Translation of Pieśń mazurska into the Masurian dialect by P. Szatkowski.A ballad of the green willow. By J. Heywood.
Embrace your bays sweetly. A willow song by T. Howell, from his H. his Devises.
A lover, approving his lady unkind, is forced unwilling to utter his mind. A willow song from A Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions.
A lover’s complaint. A broadside ballad version of the most famous willow song.
Quand Colinet faisait l’amour. An erotic French folk song from Normandy, possibly the Concolinel mentioned by W. Shakespeare in Love’s Labour’s Lost. The chorus is a conventional one found in many other folk songs, including one appropriately called Hélas ! Guillaume. The melody is unfortunately lost.When fancy first framèd our likings in love. A willow song by T. Deloney, from his Gentle Craft, part II.
Where the bee sucks. A song from W. Shakespeare’s Tempest with additional verses written between 1660 and 1671 by M. Smith, secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury.