Bonie Bell (Arthur Berridge)

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• (Posted 2023-09-22)  CPDL #75616:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-22).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 545 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Bonie Bell
Composer: Arthur Berridge
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1902 Blackburn & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing,
    And surly Winter grimly flies;
Now crystal clear are the falling waters,
    And bonie blue are the sunny skies.
Fresh o’er the mountains breaks forth the morning,
    The ev’ning gilds the ocean’s swell;
All creatures joy in the sun’s returning,
    And I rejoice in my bonie Bell.

The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer,
    The yellow Autumn presses near;
Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter,
    Till smiling Spring again appear:
Thus seasons dancing, life advancing,
    Old Time and Nature their changes tell;
But never ranging, still unchanging,
    I adore my bonie Bell.