Here's an ABC for Arne's unadulterated melody. You can feed it into the folkinfo.org ABC Converter. X:1 T:BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND C:Text by Wm. Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7 C:Music by Dr. Thomas Arne (1710-1778) %%header \ Blow, blow, thou winter wind % Melody only M:4/4 L:1/4 K:F z | z4| z2 z c |: B/A/ G/F/ d F | (F E2) F | G/A/ B/G/ C B | (B A2) G | w:1.~Blow, blow,* thou* win-ter wind,_ Thou art* not* so un-kind,_ Thou w: * freeze,* thou* bit-ter sky,_ That dost* not* bite so nigh_ As F F F F | =B B c F| (E2 D>) C | C3 c | c D ^F A | (c3/ d//_e// d) c | w: art not so un-kind As man's in-gra--ti-tude; Thy tooth is not so keen___ Be- w: ben-e-fits for-got, As ben-e-fits_ for-got: Though thou the wa-ters warp,___ Thy c/B/ A/G/ B/A/ G/^F/ | (G/A/ B2) A/G/ | B/A/ G/F/ c/B/ A/G/ | (c2 d) F | w: cause* thou* art* not* seen,__ Thy* tooth* is* not* so* keen,_ Be- w: sting* is* not* so* sharp,__ Though* thou* the* wa--ters* warp,_ Thy E F B A | (A G) z c | B/A/ G/F/ c _E | D d c/<A/ B/<G/ | w: cause thou art not seen,_ Al-though* thy* breath be rude, Al-though* thy* w: sting is not so sharp_ As friend* re--mem-ber'd not, As friend* re-- F2 G2 | (A/f/e/d/ c/B/) A/G/ | A/<F/ d/<B/ A/<c/ E/<G/ | F3 z |1 z2 z c :|2 z4 |] w: breath be rude,_____ Al--though* thy* breath* be* rude. 2.~Freeze w: mem-ber'd not,_____ As* friend* re--rem--ber'd* not. * % %%vskip .25in %%multicol start %%leftmargin 1.5in %%begintext
1. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
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2. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not. %%endtext %%multicol end %%leftmargin 2.75in %%begintext [Refrain; not sung in Arne's setting] Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho! the holly! This life is most jolly. %%endtext