The sifting snow (John Hetland)
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- Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2021-01-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The sifting snow
Composer: John Hetland
Lyricist: Samuel Robinson Ogdencreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: 4 equal voices
Genre: Secular, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Composed: 1995
Description: Text from Vermont's Year, by Samuel Robinson Ogden, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., Rutland, Vt, 1967
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Original text and translations
English text
The sifting snow began to fall
Before the dawn dispersed night's pall,
And by the time it was truly day
A foot was added to that which lay
Already thick over all the land;
It's white, all white on every hand.