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Anon
(c.1788)
Come, tune the solemn strain
(A.T.T.B.)
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The Bowman's dirge, published without attribution in 1788. It is possible that the composer was John Hindle.
Lyrics: Anon
Come, tune the solemn strain
To the twang twang of the bowstring,
While, slowly o'er the plain,
We march our yeomanree
To the foot of yon greenwood tree;
Where, round the death-bed chaunting,
We twang, twang the bowstring,
Our bowman's loss lamenting:
For a good fellow sure was he;
The pride of yeomanree.
Then dolefully we all sing
To the twang twang of the bowstring,
While echoes catch the full swing:
There needs no passing bell
To toll our bowman's knell;
For him our dirges loud swell
To the twang twang of the bowstring.
And thus we close our farewell
To the winding of the horn.
Come, tune the solemn strain
To the twang twang of the bowstring,
While, slowly o'er the plain,
We march our yeomanree
To the foot of yon greenwood tree;
Where, round the death-bed chaunting,
We twang, twang the bowstring,
Our bowman's loss lamenting:
For a good fellow sure was he;
The pride of yeomanree.
Then dolefully we all sing
To the twang twang of the bowstring,
While echoes catch the full swing:
There needs no passing bell
To toll our bowman's knell;
For him our dirges loud swell
To the twang twang of the bowstring.
And thus we close our farewell
To the winding of the horn.