Little Birdie (Solomon W. Straub)
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- (Posted 2023-12-12) CPDL #78114:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 510 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Little Birdie
Composer: Solomon W. Straub
Lyricist: Maria Straub
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1872 John Church & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Hark, sweet birdie, list again,
In your far-off Sothern glen;
’Tis the Northlands welcome voice,
Bids you in her hopes rejoice.
Spring is coming, earth is waking;
Nature from her slumbers shaking,
Hastes to don her living hue,
While she’s looking out for you.
Winter winds have drooped their wing,
Softer airs their mildness bring;
Sunken snowdrifts truly say,
Where the gentle sunbeams play,
Ready for the Spring’s returning,
All await the warbler’s coming,
E’en the streamlet rushing by
Looks for birdie in the sky.
Bulbs beneath the brown sod spring,
Soon their fragrance forth will bring;
Sweetest will their odors be,
Birdie when we list to thee.
Leaves within their foldings bursting,
Like the wings of fairies rustling,
Call from out their silken homes
For the merry warbler’s tones.
Little May and little Will,
Watching by the window sill,
Won’t believe that spring is here
Till the merry birds appear.
Come, dear birdie, sweetly singing,
Freely cheer and pleasure bringing,
All things bid a welcome fair
For the songsters of the air.