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Go, you skipping kids and fawns
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Go, you skipping kids and fawns by Francis Pilkington — Lyrics
Go, you skipping kids and fawns,
Exercise your swift career over pleasant fields and lawns,
Rousing up the fearful deer,
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About Go, you skipping kids and fawns
Francis Pilkington's Go, you skipping kids and fawns offers a lively pastoral scene for SSATB voices. The music captures the energy of the text, with imitative vocal lines and a generally buoyant mood. Pilkington uses the rich textures of the five-part madrigal to depict the joyous activity of children and animals in a sun-drenched landscape. The composer sets the English text with a lightness of touch that perfectly conveys the sense of carefree movement and the evocation of 'endless love eternizing'. This is a delightful example of English Renaissance secular part-music, ideal for a choir seeking a charming and engaging programme piece.
