Lithuanian Song (Frédéric Chopin)

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• (Posted 2023-04-29)  CPDL #73633:     

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2023-04-29).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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Title: Lithuanian Song
Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Arranger: Charles Gilbert Spross^{create page}
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1920
Description: Arranged for SSAA and piano by Charles Gilbert Spross

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English text

Sweet was the morning, and bright was the sunshine,
Merrily home from the field was I going;
When mother opened the window and asked me;
"Damp is thy hair; pray what hast thou been doing?"
I was frightened, oh, so frightened,
Then I stammered without thinking;
"I wet my hair while drinking!"
"Don't tell story,
Wert thou going just to drink, my daughter?
At daybreak, too!
Say, who drew for thee the water?
Ah! well, mother darling,
And I love him dearly,
He begged so hard to see me bright and early,
And he kept me talking,
all his love recalling,
And somehow, on my hair and cheek,
I felt jis teardrops falling.