If my dear Maid return my love

Joseph Netherclift's If my dear Maid return my love is a secular SATB setting of an English text. The composer explores a theme of rustic devotion, with the singer expressing a desire to forsake worldly pleasures for a simple life shared with a beloved. The text paints a picture of idyllic rural contentment. This partsong would be well-suited for a spring or summer concert programme, perhaps as part of a collection of English pastoral songs, or as a light-hearted moment within a larger mixed-voice concert.