The South Wind is a minstrel (Arthur Fox)

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• (Posted 2023-10-17)  CPDL #76392:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-17).   Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 875 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The South Wind is a minstrel
Composer: Arthur Fox
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1876 Alphonse Bertini, Seymour & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The South Wind is a minstrel,
He cometh when the Moon
Wakes up the flowers in fairy bowers,
To listen to his tune.

See how the poor rose trembles
And weepeth at his song,
As if he brought unto her a thought,
Some memory of wrong.

The South Wind is a minstrel,
A fair reward he meets,
Where’er he goes, each floweret throws
Him largess from her sweets.

Hid harp a spider’s web is,
And oaten straw his lute,
Sweet music clear for fairy’s ear,
But which to man is mute.