Oh sing again that simple song (George M. Garrett)
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- (Posted 2023-10-18) CPDL #76441:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-18). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 400 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Oh sing again that simple song
Composer: George M. Garrett
Lyricist: George du Maurier
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1869 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Oh! sing again that simple song
We used to love so long ago;
Ere Fortune’s spite, the cold world’s wrong,
Had taught us all that now we know.
Ay, breathe once more that touching strain,
So sweet to spirits tempest-tost;
For still to me its sad refrain
Seems sweetest when it pains me most.
Though Fortune frown, and friends look cold,
And lowier hopes and aims are ours;
And visions bright as those of old
No more may cheer our lonely hours;
Yet, let us ‘drive dull care away,’
Unheeding Fortune’s sharpest slings,°
Today, today, at least, be gay,
Whate’er tomorrow brings!
° ‘The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.’ —SHAKESPEARE
As printed in: The London Society: An illustrated Magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation. Volume II, 1862.