Little Nell (Alfred Arthur Graley)

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(Posted 2024-05-08) CPDL #80577:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-05-08). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 428 kB Copyright: Personal

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Title: Little Nell
Composer: Alfred Arthur Graley
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 Taintor Brothers
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Original text and translations

English text

Did you ever know our dear Little Nell?
She was fairest of the fair, Little Nell;
There was sunshine in her face,
For it bore not sorrow’s trace,
As she moved with winsome grace, Little Nell.

Darling Little Nell,
Gentle Little Nell,
Many hearts are yearning for thee;
Though you walk the streets of gold,
By the prophets sung of old,
O, we miss thee from our fold, Little Nell.

O, our soul you often stirred, Little Nell,
When you caroled like a bird, Little Nell;
And our sorrows would take wing,
When your merry laugh would ring
Like a harp of tuneful string, Little Nell.

But they wanted thee above, Little Nell,
So the Father who is love, Little Nell;
Sent an angel form so bright,
As we watched thee in the night,
And thy spirit took its flight, Little Nell.

So we laid thee in the grave, Little Nell,
Where the grass shall gently wave, Little Nell;
And the flowers shall brightly bloom,
And shall breathe a sweet perfume,
Round thy snowy marble tomb, Little Nell.