The farmer (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-16)  CPDL #79144:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-16).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 469 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The farmer
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1847 Wilkins, Carter, & Co.
Description: Although the text is somewhat devotional in nature, this song was not specifically sacred nor church music.

Original text and translations

English text

When winds blow pure and freely,
And blossoms load the air,
And green trees wave their branches,
And all around looks fair,–
I ply my daily labor,
And work ’till night has come,
And then return contented,
To take my rest at home.

How sweet unto the weary
Is such unvexed repose,
When evening’s lengthened shadows
Around our cottage close:
With quiet in our bosoms,
We sit in twilight shades,
And watch the crimson radiance
As from the west it fades.

And then how fresh the slumber,
Which falls upon our eyes;
When night’s clear dews are falling,
And stars are in the skies.
No feverish dreams affright us,
Or make us start and weep;
But trusting in God’s mercy,
We gently sink to sleep.

And then, ere morning blushes
Along the eastern skies,
We bless the care that watched us,
And, nerved to labor, rise.
We see the daystar fading,
We see the vapors glide
Along the mighty valleys,
And up the mountain’s side.

Again, our hardy sinews
Are bent to manly toil;
We mow the tall grass waving,
Or plough the mellow soil.
And ever when our labors
By day are past and done,
We sit before our cottage,
And watch the setting sun.