Twelve Canzonets

1. The Mermaid's Song

Transcribed and edited

by Liam Hynes

Allegretto (e = 112)

Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Texts by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821), except where noted

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play
lie

On
Far

25

the
green
be - low

3
3
f
p

glas - sy
roll - ing

sea;
waves;

1st.Now the

danc - ing sun beams

2nd.Come, be - hold what trea - sures

and
the

3
3
3
3
3

p
6
6

11

Come, and
Rich - es,

I
hid

will lead the

from hu - man

way
eye,

34

Where
the
Dim - ly

pear
shine

ly
in

way
lay,

Where
Stor

trea - sures be.

O - cean's caves.

41

Come, and I will lead the

Ebb - ing tides bear no de

the
my

pear
winds

ly
are

trea
far

sures
a-

6
6
6
6

45

be,
way,

Where the
Stor - my
6

pear - ly
winds are
6

trea - sures be,
far
a - way,
6

Where the
Stor - my

pear - ly
winds are
6

trea - sures
far
a 6

49

Come

with me,

3


3 3 3
3
3
3
dim.

be.
way.

and we

will go

Where the

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rocks of

co - ral

grow, of

co - ral

grow. Fol - low,

poco f

me.

67

Where

the

me,

Fol - low,

fol - low,

fol - low, fol - low

rocks

fz

71

dim.

fol - low,

Come with me and we will3 go Where the rocks of co - ral

me,

grow,

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fol - low, fol - low

of

co

ral

fz

fol - low

me.

grow.

Fol - low,

fol - low,

fol - low

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3

2. Recollection

Adagio (q = 66)

fz

14

you
me -

21

re mo -

no
I

turn
ry

more,
trace:

comes when first

sha - dows of

you
me -

Why can
In
fan

But
In

not
cy

we met,
de - light

But
In

fz

1st.The sea - son

2nd.The fleet - ing

re - turn
mo - ry

p3

no
I

I
stop

the days
their ra

more.
trace:

cantabile

for
pid

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get,
flight,

Which time can ne'er re - store? can ne'er re - store?

And all the past re - place, the past re - place;

32

Why
In

can
fan

not
cy

I
the days for - get,
Which time can ne'er re - store? can ne'er re - store?
stop their ra - pid flight, And all the past re - place, the past re - place.

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days
ah!

too
I

fair,
wake

p
p
cresc.

too bright to last. Are you in - deed

for e - ver past?
to end - less woes; And tears the fad - ing vi - sions close.

43

O
But

O!
But

days
ah!

too
I

fair,
wake

too bright to last,

to end - less woes;

Are you in - deed for

And tears the fad - ing

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e - ver past?
vi - sions close.

O
But

days
ah!

fair,
wake

bright
end -

too
I

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e - ver past? Are you in - deed for

vi - sions close, And tears the fad - ing

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e
vi

too
to

to last,
less woes,

ver
sions

past? Are you in - deed for

close, And tears the fad - ing

past?
close.

63

dim.

e
vi

fz
fz
fz p

ver
sions

mez.

in - deed for
the fad - ing

Are you
And tears

pp

3. Shepherd's Song

fz

Allegretto (e = 96)

2.'Tis

3
3
3
3
p

1.My

mo - ther bids
sad to think

me
the

14

rib - bands rare,

mos - sy stone,

bind my hair With hands of ro - sy hue,

days are gone,When those we lov'd were near;

And
And

Tie
I

lace my bod - dice blue,

sigh when none can hear,

up
sit

my sleeves with
up - on
this

Tie up my sleeves with rib -bands

I sit up - on
this mos - sy

fz
fz
fz

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rare, And lace,

stone, And sigh,

and lace
and sigh

my bod - dice blue.

when none can hear.

For
And

23

why,
while

she cries,
I spin

sit
my

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still
flax

and weep,
en thread,

While
o
And sing

thers dance
my sim

and
ple

cresc.

The vil - lage seems

a - sleep
or dead,
now

play?
lay,

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Lu
Lu

bin is
bin is

a - way,
a - way,

A - las!

I scarce

A - las!
The vil -

can

go

I scarce
lage seems

or creep,

while

can
go
a - sleep

or creep, while
or dead, now

34

Lu
Lu

bin
bin

is
is

a a -

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way,
way,

is
is

way,
way,

while
now

Lu
Lu

bin
bin

a - way,
a - way,

is
is

is
is

aa-

a - way.
a - way.

pp

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4. Despair

Adagio (e = 88)

fz

an - guish of my burst
- ing heart Till now
my tongue hath

The
6

ne'er be - tray'd, Till now mytongue hath ne'er be - tray'd,

fz

10

15

at length re

veals the smart,

De-

cresc.

De - spair at length re - veals the smart,

19

fz

No time can cure,

fz

no hope can

aid,

fz

spair

no hope can

aid.

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De-spair at

23

aid.

31
verse
2nd

My

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27

length re -veals the

smart,

Notime can cure,

no hope can

f
fz

p

sor - rows verg - ing to
the grave, No more shall pain thy gen -tle breast.No more shall

pain thy gen - tle breast:

Think death
givesfree - dom

p
cresc.
fz

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to the slave,
Think death gives free - dom to the slave,
Nor mourn for

fz
f

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me

whenI'm at rest,

whenI'm at rest.

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free - dom

to

the

slave,

Thinkdeath gives

3


Nor mourn for me
when I'm at
rest.

3

f
fz

53

3. Yet, if at eve you chance to stray

Where silent sleeps the peaceful dead,
Give to your kind compassion way,
Nor check the tears by pity shed.

4. Whene'er the precious dew drop falls

I ne'er can know, I ne'er can see,
And if sad thought my fate recalls,
A sigh may rise unheard by me.

Allegretto (e = 116)

13

5. Pleasing Pain

3
6
6

3
6
3
6

14

Far from this throb - bing

fly,

fly,

of pleas - ing

pain, Fly ne - ver to

3
6

fly, fly, ne - ver to re - turn a - gain.

re - turn a - gain,

6
3

Dear an - xious days

19

bo - som haste, Ye doubts, ye fears, that lay it waste;

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f

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27

3
6

But ah,

cy

crown'd with flow'rs,

ye

smil - ing hours,

By

Come

fai
ry joys
and wish
es gay, And dance in spor - tive rounds a - way,

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re - turn

mez.

care - less fan

35

And dance

in spor - tive rounds

a - way.

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fz

fz

So shall the mo ments gai - ly glide O'er var - ious life's tu

mez.

mul -tuous tide,

44

49

Nor sad re - grets dis - turb their course

calm ob - li - vion's peace - ful source,

To

To calm 6 ob 3- li - vion's

6
3

3
3
3

peace
ful source, To calm ob - li - vion's peace - ful source.

f
fz

3
3
3

57

53

fz

fz

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6. Fidelity

Allegretto (q = 96)

ff

While hol - low burst the rush - ing winds, And

11

hea - vy beats the show'r,

16

bo - som finds

No

This

an - xious, ach - ing

com - fort

in

its

pow'r.

No,

fz

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20

no.

For

fz

ah, my love, it

lit

- tle knows What

thy hard fate may

be,

25

What

bit - ter storm of

for - tune blows, What tem - pests trou - ble

30

thee,

What

tem - pests

trou

- ble

thee,

What

33

tem - pests

trou

ble

thee.

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way - ward fate

hath

spun the thread On

40

pend,
And
dark -ling in the

45

which our days

de -

che - quer'd shade, She draws it

to

an

end.

But

what - so - e'er may

be

our doom, the

lot

is cast for

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me,

54

in

is

cast

the tomb, My

for

me,

is

cast

me,

heart is fix'd, my

heart is fix'd on

for

For

in

thee, is

fix'd on

the world or

thee.

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For

64

thee,

My

heart

is

in

the world, or

fix'd

on

thee,

in

is

fix'd on

Adagio

69

in the world, or

in the tomb, My heart,

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1.

the tomb, My

thee.

thee,

For

fix'd on

Tempo I

My heart is

heart is fix'd on

my heart

is

But what - so - e'er may

fix'd

on thee.

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our doom, the

lot

is

for

me

on

be

cast

is

for

me,

thee,

on

cast

is

for

cast

84

For

on

2.

me,

thee,

thee,

thee,

on

thee.

88

93

dim.

96

pp

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Allegretto (e = 120)

sea - man furls the

15

7. The Sailor's Song

rend ing sail,

on the gid - dy bend - ing mast, The

High

And, fear - less of the

rush - ing blast, He

care - less whist - les to the gale.

Ratt - ling ropes and

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roll ing seas,
Hur - ly, bur - ly, hur - ly, bur- ly,





p
f

26

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War

nor death

Hur - ly,

can him dis -please, can him dis-please.

bur - ly,
War nor
hur - ly, bur- ly,hur- ly, bur- ly,hur- ly, bur- ly,

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44

death
can him dis -please, can him dis - please, can him dis - please.

The hos - tile foe his ves - sel seeks, High bound - ing o'er the

50

ra - ging main,

The

p

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roar - ing can non loud - ly speaks,'Tis Bri-tain's glo - ry we main - tain,

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ry

we main - tain.

Ratt - ling ropes and

roll ing seas,
- ly, bur - ly,
Hur- ly, bur- ly, hur

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76

War

nor death

'tis Bri -tain's glo

Hur - ly,

can him dis - please, can him dis-please.

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bur - ly,

hur - ly, bur - ly, hur - ly, bur - ly, hur - ly, bur - ly,
War nor

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88

death

91

can

him dis -

please, can

him

him

dis

dis

please, can

please.

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Poco Adagio

sf

9. The Wanderer

fz
p
dim.

To

lone
when the moon faint - ly
beam - ing With glim - mer - ing

10

wan

der a -

lus - tre darts

through the dark

shade, Where owls seek
for co - vert, and night - birds com - plain - ing, Add sound
to the

cresc.

22

hor
ror that dark - ens the
glade, Add sound to
the hor - ror
that dark - ens the

f
p

sf

16

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glade,

that

dark - ens, that

dark - ens

the

glade.

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cresc.

39

sf

mez.

hap - py; come, daugh - ter

dim.

sf

43

of

sor - row, 'Tis

not

for

the

'Tis

here

thy sad

thoughts are em - balm'd in

thy

past, dis - re - gard - ing to - mor - row, There's no
thing for

49

tears,

Where, lost in

the

cresc.

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55

f
dim.

hopes

61

fears,

and no - thing for

There's

no - thing for

fears,There's no - thing

for hopes

and

no - thing

for

cresc.
p

hopes and no - thing for

fears.

p
dim.

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9. Sympathy

Andante

mf

sf

text adapted from Metastasio

11

16

fz
p
p

In thee

I bear

so

dear

a part,

By love

so firm, so

firm am thine,
af - fec
tion

That each

p
cresc.

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cresc.

20

p
cresc.

of

thy

heart

By sym -

pa - thy

is

mine,

That each af -

tempo

rall.

23

rall.

tempo

fec - tion, That each af- fec-tion of thyheart By sym - pa

thy is mine,

sf
f

27

is mine.

Whenthou art griev'd

32

is mine,

I grieve no less,

p
cresc.

My joys, my joys

by thine are known,

And

ev'

ry

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36

good

39

thou

would'st

pos

- sess

Be - comes

And

ev'

would'st

pos -

sess

my own,

44

wish

ry

good

thou

Be - comes,

wish my own;

41

in

Be - comes in wish

be - comes in

my own.

wish my own,

Be - comes in

f
p

31

10. She never told her Love

Largo assai, e con espressione (e = 92)

fz p
fz p
fz

text from Shakespeare

fz
p

11

She

p
p
p
f

16

love,

20

she

ne - ver told

fz

her

love,

in

the

bud,

ne - ver told her

like a

worm

But let con - ceal - ment,

pp

dolce e p

Feed

on

her

da

mask

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24

cheek;

27

She

sat

like

smi

36

pa - tience
on a mo
- nu- ment

fp

smi

smi - ling,

p dol.

ling at grief,
Smi - ling,

p
f

32

ling at

grief.

pp
fp

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11. Piercing Eyes

Allegretto (e = 120)

11

17

23

Why asks my fair one if I love?

p
f

Why,

why, why asks my fair one

if

I love? Those eyes so

pierc - ing bright

Can

p
f

ev' - ry doubt

of

that re - move, And need no o - ther

light,

And need no o - ther light,

And

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f
p
f

need no o - ther light.

Those eyes full well

do

34

know my heart, And all

its

work - ings see,

f
f

E'er since

44

they play'd

the con - q'ror's

part,
And I
no more was

39

free,

And I

no more was

f
cresc.

free,

E'er since

they play'd

the

conq' - ror's part,

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And

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no

more

was

free,

And I

And

no more was free,

And

no

more

was

free,

no more was

free.

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12. Content

3
3
3
3
f
p3
3
3
3
3
3

3
3

3
3
3
3

3
3
3
3
3
3
3

3
3

Adagio

10

1.Ah me, how scan - ty is my store!

2.When in her sight from morn to
eve,

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ne'er
- heed

3 3 3 3

Yet,
The

for
hours

I'd
un -

3
3


3
3
3
3
3
3

re - pine,
ed by,

3 3

Though
No

of
the flocks that whi - ten
dark dis - trust our bo - soms

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3
3
3

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o'er
grieve,

my - self,
they pass

Yon
And

plain
care

one lamb were on - ly mine,

and doubt far dis - tant fly,

one
and

3
3

3

3
3
cresc.
3
f

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3
3
3

lamb were on - ly mine.

doubt far dis - tant fly.

'Tis for my love - ly maid a - lone,

This

3
3
3

3
3
3
p
3
3

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3
3

heart
This heart,
se - cure in its
3 has e'er am - bi - tion3 known,3
3
3

3
3

3
3
3 f 3
3
3
p

3
3
3
3

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3
3
3

trea - sure, Is bless'd be- yond mea - sure,

This

3 3 3 3

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mea - sure,

Nor en - vies the mo - narch his throne,

3 3 3 3

heart,

se - cure in

its trea - sure, Is bless'd be - yond

33

the mo - narch his throne.

This

p
3

3
3
3
3

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heart,

se - cure in its trea- sure,

3

Is bless'd be - yond mea - sure,

3

pp

Nor

pp

en

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vies

the

mo

narch

his throne.

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