The sweetest creature (John Liptrot Hatton)

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• (Posted 2022-01-21)  CPDL #67678:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-01-21).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

General Information

Title: The sweetest creature
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Charles Warren Stoddard
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1878 The Orpheus no.17
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

A maid is sitting by a brook,
The sweetest of sweet creatures,
I pass that way with my good book,
Yet cannot read, nor cease to look
Upon her winsome features.
Among the blushes on her cheek,
Her small white hand reposes,
I am a shepherd, for I seek
That lamb wither fleece so sleek,
Feeding among the roses!
A maid is sitting by a brook,
The sweetest of sweet creatures,
I pass that way with my good book,
Yet cannot read, nor cease to look
Upon her winsome features.
Ah! The sweetest of sweet creatures.