The starlings (George Alexander Macfarren)
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- (Posted 2023-11-13) CPDL #77240:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-13). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 377 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- (Posted 2019-05-25) CPDL #54321:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-05-25). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: The starlings
Composer: George Alexander Macfarren
Lyricist: Charles Kingsley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard or a cappella
First published: 1870 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 3, no. 114
Description: Poems of Charles Kingsley No. 3
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Early in springtime, on raw and windy mornings,
Beneath the freezing house-eaves I heard the starlings sing,
Ah dreary March month,
Is this then a time for building wearily?
Sad to think that the year is but begun.
2 Late in the Autumn, on still and cloudless evenings,
Among the golden reed-beds I heard the starling sing.
Ah! that sweet March month,
When we and our mates were courting merrily?
Sad to think that the year is all but done.