Go, tuneful bird (John Wall Callcott)
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- (Posted 2021-02-08) CPDL #62757:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-02-08). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 146 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Go, tuneful bird
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: William Shenstone
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: AATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1790
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Original text and translations
English text
Go, tuneful bird, that gladd'st the skies,
To Daphne's window speed thy way,
And there on quiv'ring pinions rise,
And there thy vocal art display.
And if she deign thy notes to hear,
And if she praise thy matin song;
Tell her, the sounds that soothe her ear
To Damon's native plains belong.