3. SHEPHERD, SHEPHERD, LEAVE DECOYING Z.628/16b John Dryden Heary Purcell SOPRANO | t Shep-herd, shep-herd, leave__ de - coy - ing, Pipesare sweet as SOPRANO 2 (ALTO) = a Shep-herd, shep-herd, leave de - coy - ing, Pipes are KEYBOARD: = sum = mers. day,— But a lit-tle af = ter toy -ing Wo-men_ have the ¥ sum = men’s. day, lit- tle: L af = ter_toy -ing Wo-men have the fi — fa 2 a ———— shot_ to pay. Here are marciage_ wows for sign - ing, © shot. to— pay, age_ vows for sign - ing, shot to pay. shot to pay. Here are mer (@Conyeighs 1979 by Stainer& Ball Ltd= —- = eit marks that can ~ not write; Afeter that with-out re = pin ~ ing jp = to SS Set their marks that can ~ not write; Af-ter that with - + Sa Stir = = = oe oS Se oe + = 1 Ply and wel ~ come day and— nieat, play and— wel ~ come 2S Se —-— 5 Play and wel - come day. and night, ply and. wel - comes play. se Et and wel - come. day and night, i a eS = 7 — play and_ wel - come, play. and wel = come day andni eae ae Py. J SSS Notes From King Arthur, Avt Il. The pieee is First played as a ritornllo by oboes and recorders and then sung by two boys. The words demand 4 Tight pistoral tone, though pecteps not without a touch of irony. A lstle variation is possible on the repeats, But do not add anything that would be out of place in Arcady. The tempo is lively but not too fast to slow the tone toil gut 2 i fn the melismas in the second half, Original Key G minor. Bar 8: ‘shot’ = payment, ‘expecially at a tavern or for entertainment’ (OED). Sources British Library Add. MS 31447 (c. 1700); Royal Academy of Music MS 21 (1698). eee