The Long LineThe Long Line

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Sir John in Love

Movements

Act I

  1. I. (Allegro vivace) What-hoa!
  2. II. How now, Master Shallow
  3. III. O heavens, this is Mistress Anne Page
  4. IV. Ahem...I had rather than forty shillings
  5. V. Weep eyes, break heart
  6. VI. Do but look on her eyes now
  7. VII. I see I cannot get thy father's love
  8. VIII. Vere is dat knave Rugby?
  9. IX. I will myself marry Anne Page
  10. X. Master Fenton, I'll be sworn she loves you
  11. XI. Back and side go bare
  12. XII. I spy entertainment in her
  13. XIII. Wilt thou revenge?
  14. XIV. Love my wife? I will be patient
  15. XV. When daisies pied and violets blue

Act II

  1. Scene I, I. (Allegro moderato e maestoso)
  2. Scene I, II. Thine own true knight
  3. Scene I, III. Ask me no reason why I love you
  4. Scene I, IV. Sigh no more, ladies
  5. Scene I, V. (Maestoso)
  6. Scene II, I. Bardolph, Bardolph, I say!
  7. Scene II, II. Give your worship good morrow
  8. Scene II, III. O that joy so soon should waste!
  9. Scene II, IV. There's one Master Brook below
  10. Scene II, V. I have long loved her
  11. Scene II, VI. The dew that lies on roses
  12. Scene II, VII. Vere is mine host of de Garter?
  13. Scene II, VIII. (Maestoso)

Act III

  1. Scene I, I. (Andante moderato)
  2. Scene I, II. Yet hear me speak
  3. Scene I, III. Beauty clear and fair
  4. Scene I, IV. Fair and fair and twice so fair
  5. Scene I, V. But listen, good mine host
  6. Scene I, VI. I mun be married a-Sunday
  7. Scene II, I. (Lento) When as we sat in Papylon
  8. Scene II, II. How now, Master Parson?
  9. Scene II, III. Peace, I say!
  10. Scene II, IV. When I was a bachelor
  11. Scene II, V. (Allegro)
  12. Scene III, I. What, John! What, Robert!
  13. Scene III, II. Alas, my love, you do me wrong
  14. Scene III, III. Have I caught my heavenly jewel
  15. Scene III, IV. Mistress Ford! Mistress Ford!
  16. Scene III, V. When I was a bachelor
  17. Scene III, VI. Nay, follow him, gentlemen
  18. Scene III, VII. Mistress Page!...Mistress Page!

Act IV

  1. Scene I, I. (Andante piacevole)
  2. Scene I, II. Pardon me, wife
  3. Scene I, III. There is an old tale goes
  4. Scene I, IV. Trib, fairies, trib...Round about in a fair ring-a
  5. Scene I, V. (Lento moderato) (Greensleeves)
  6. Scene II, I. (Vivace)
  7. Scene II, II. The Windsor bell hath struck twelve
  8. Scene II, III. Oo! Oo!...Fairies black, grey, green and white
  9. Scene II, IV. Dance of the fairies (Allegro pesante) - But stay! I smell a man of middle earth
  10. Scene II, V. Pinch him, pinch him black and blue
  11. Scene II, VI. (Moderato) - Nay, do not fly
  12. Scene II, VII. See the chariot at hand
  13. Scene II, VIII. Whether men do laugh or weep
  14. Scene II, IX. Dance (Presto)

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