Absence (John Liptrot Hatton)

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• (Posted 2019-08-24)  CPDL #55154:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-08-24).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Absence
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 6, no. 181

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Original text and translations

English text

Though long years have passed away,
And joyous summers left me,
Though Autumn sings her plaintive lay,
Yet art thou still dear to me.
Though far away, thy voice is ever near to me:
Absence but makes thee dearer to me.
No time can change my love for thee.