The Skylark (Joseph Barnby)

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  • (Posted 2023-09-19)  CPDL #75509:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-19).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 724 kB   Copyright: Personal
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  • (Posted 2019-06-13)  CPDL #54541:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-06-13).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 145 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: The Skylark
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: James Hogg

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1870 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 3, no. 111
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Original text and translations

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Bird of the wilderness,
Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea!
Emblem of happiness,
Blest is thy dwelling place
Oh to abide in the desert with thee!

Wild is thy lay and loud,
Far in the downy cloud,
Love gives it energy, love gave it birth.
Bird of the wilderness,
Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea!
Emblem of happiness,
Blest is thy dwelling place,
Oh to abide in the desert with thee.

O'er fell and fountain sheen,
O'er moor and mountain green,
O'er the red streamer that heralds the day,
Over the cloudlet dim,
Over the rainbow's rim,
Musical cherub, soar, singing away!

Then when the gloaming comes,
Low in the heather blooms,
Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be,
Bird of the wilderness,
Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea!
Emblem of happiness,
Blest is thy dwelling place
Oh to abide in the desert with thee.