Huntsman's joy (Conradin Kreutzer)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-04-28). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 226 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Huntsman's joy
Composer: Conradin Kreutzer
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1879 The Orpheus (New series), no. 97
Description: This work is an English translation of 'Jägers Lust (Conradin Kreutzer)'.
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Original text and translations
English text
R:In life there's no enjoyment,
Howe'er it may abound,
Like hunting thro' the woodlands,
With rifle and with hound.
1 While merry birds are singing,
And cheerly sounds the horn,
Thro' woods and fields we wander
At early break of dawn. R:
2 With joy we range the woodland,
In quest of lurking deer,
While nature woos our coming
With breezes fresh and clear. R:
3 I'll live and die a huntsman;
No other joys I crave,
And, when the sport is over,
The wood shall be my grave. R: