Not for me the lark is singing (John Liptrot Hatton)
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- (Posted 2020-01-25) CPDL #56776:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-01-25). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 146 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a semitone.
- (Posted 2020-01-24) CPDL #56743:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-01-24). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 146 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In original key.
General Information
Title: Not for me the lark is singing
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Godfrey Wordsworth Turner
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1879 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 12, no. 365
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Original text and translations
English text
Not for me the lark is singing,
Not for me the sun shines fair,
Not for me the bells are ringing,
And the lilies scent the air.
For my little bird is silent,
And my sun has set in gloom,
And the parting bell has sounded
For my lily in her bloom.
Not for me the lark is singing,
Not for me the sun shines fair,
Not for me the bells are ringing,
And the lilies scent the air.
Bird and blossom both are faded,
Both alike are dead to me;
Sunny memories now are shaded
As by mists the evening sea.
Bird and blossom, light and shadow,
All in life to her were dear;
And the bells made mirthful music
Ever to her listening ear.
Not for me the lark is singing,
Not for me the sun shines fair,
Not for me the bells are ringing,
And the lilies scent the air.
Mournful heart, control thy sorrow,
Deem not hope for ever fled;
Birds will blithely sing tomorrow,
Though this bird of thine be dead.
Little checked by lamentation,
Time's renewing currents flow;
And the brightest flowers will blossom
Where thy lily lies below.
Then for thee the lark is singing,
Then for thee the sun shines fair,
Then for thee the bells are ringing,
And the lilies scent the air.