Spring (Frederic Hymen Cowen)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76111:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 678 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Spring
Composer: Frederic Hymen Cowen
Lyricist: Thomas Nashe
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1894 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Spring, the sweet Spring, Is the year’s pleasant King;
Then blooms each thing, Then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, The pretty birds do sing:
Cuckoo, jug-gug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may Make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, The shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds this merry lay:
Cuckoo, jug-gug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, The daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
in ev’ry street These tunes our ears do greet:
Cuckoo, jug-gug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!