Spring song (Henry Thomas Smart)

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• (Posted 2023-12-08)  CPDL #78010:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-08).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 381 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2019-07-12)  CPDL #54759:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-07-12).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 98 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Spring song
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Lyricist: William Cox Bennett

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published: 1871 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 4, no. 141
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Original text and translations

English text

Long has been the Winter,
Long, long in vain,
We've sought the bud upon the bough,
The primrose in the lane,
Long have skies been dull and grey,
Nipping's been the blast,
But, sing! summer's coming!
The bee's out at last.
Sing, winter's flying,
Summer's coming fast,
Humming joy and Springtime,
The bee's out at last.

Loud shouts the cuckoo,
The nested elm around,
Wheels the rook, cawing,
There are shadows on the ground,
Warm comes the breeze, and soft
Freezing days are past.
Then sing! summer's coming!
The bee's out at last.
Sing, winter's flying,
Summer's coming fast,
Humming joy and Springtime,
The bee's out at last.