Laura (Lowell Mason)

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• (Posted 2023-11-15)  CPDL #77375:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 361 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Laura
Composer: Lowell Mason
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1846 Mason Brothers
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

A maiden, like my Laura,
You no where else will find,
So good, so sweet, so gentle,
So faithful, true, and kind.
She’s dear to me,
And well deserves to be,
For a maiden like my Laura,
You no where else will find.

Oh, could you hear her singing
Like birds at break of day!
Oh, could you see her blooming
Like flowers of early May!
But vain to raise
A song to tell her praise—
For a maiden like my Laura
You no where else will find.

She’s ever kind to others,
From duty never swerves;
She tends the sick and suffering,
Her neighbor loves and serves;
And yet her love
Is given to things above—
For a maiden like my Laura
You no where else will find.