All Among the Barley (Elizabeth Stirling)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78106:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 935 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2022-12-02)  CPDL #71761:     

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-12-02).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: All Among the Barley
Composer: Elizabeth Stirling
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published:
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Original text and translations

English text

1. Come out, 'tis now September, the hunters' moon's begun,
And through the wheaten stubble we hear the frequent gun;
The leaves are paling yellow, and kindling into red,
And the ripe and golden barley is hanging down its head.

Refrain (after each verse):
All among the barley, who would not be blithe,
When the free and happy barley is smiling on the scythe.

2. The Spring is like a young maid, that does not know her mind;
Summer is a tyrant, the most unrighteous kind;
The Autumn is an old friend, that loves one all he can,
And brings the happy barley to glad the heart of man.

3. The wheat is like a rich man, that's sleek and well to do;
The Oats are like a pack of girls, Laughing and dancing too;
The Rye is like a miser, he's sucky, lean and small,
But the free and bearded barley is monarch of them all.