As I Beheld I Saw a Herdman Wild Songtext
von William Byrd

As I beheld, I saw a man
As I beheld, I saw a man
And in his hand a picture
And in his hand a picture
Of a picture quite a fine
Of a picture quite a fine
With its face to the westward
With its face to the westward
And with its mind towards the east
And with its mind towards the east
On that day his hand for a heart
On that day his hand for a heart
He pulled in from the tide
He pulled in from the tide
That covered round the world
That covered round the world
For all the earth he saw
For all the earth he saw
And what he said of all he saw
And what he said of all he saw


For all he saw was what he said
For all he saw was what he said
A fairer fashion of my good
A fairer fashion of my good
I thought I might best adore
I thought I might best adore
And I would not outdo
And I would not outdo
By what I should not dare to do
By what I should not dare to do
But turned a thing I might have best
But turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
And turned a thing I might have best
And turned a thing I might have best
But more in vain
But more in vain
It would have taught but what
It would have taught but what
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot
A prince in his heart to blot