Maying we will go (Jacob Franklin King)

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(Posted 2023-11-06) CPDL #76985:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-06). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 510 kB Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Maying we will go
Composer: Jacob Franklin King
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1901 J. F. King, publisher
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Original text and translations

English text

Lo! the glad May morn
With her rosy light is breaking
O’er the hill so lovely and fair;
And the pure young buds,
From the dewy sleep awaking,
Mirth and music float in the air.

Then away, then away,
And a-Maying we will go!

O’er the rustic wild
Where the idle winds are blowing,
We will roam with pleasure today;
On the mossy bank,
Where the crystal brook is flowing;
We will crown our Queen of May.

Oh! the glad May morn!
Like a child she comes to meet us,
With her brow all covered with flowers;
And she call the birds,
All the merry birds, to greet us,
And the laughing, bright summer hours.