The fairies were tripping (Edward Douglas Tayler)

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• (Posted 2023-12-13)  CPDL #78159:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 713 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The fairies were tripping
Composer: Edward Douglas Tayler
Lyricist: A. J. A. Wilson^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1920 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The fairies were tripping last night on the green,
(Sing hey! But the day of the fairies is over.)
Their dainty small footprints this morn can be seen,
Sing hey! the bonny may and the sweet blossom’d clover!

Sing hey! sing lack-a-day, for our loves ever ranging,
Sing hey! sing lack-a-day, for beliefs ever changing,
But never can the day of the fairies be over,
While blooms the bonny may and the sweet blossom’d clover.

Last night the south wind brought a whisper of Spring,
(Sing hey! But the day of the fairies is over.)
How the wee folk rejoiced as they danced in a ring!
Sing hey! the bonny may and the sweet blossom’d clover!

Though we of their singing wist never a word,
(Sing hey! But the day of the fairies is over.)
The primroses listened, the violets heard!
Sing hey! the bonny may and the sweet blossom’d clover!

At the sound of their calling so silver and clear,
(Sing hey! But the day of the fairies is over.)
The cowslips cried “Coming!” The bluebells rang “Here!”
Sing hey! the bonny may and the sweet blossom’d clover!