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Posted on 2024-03-28(Posted 2024-03-28) CPDL #79712:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-28). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 937 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

(Posted 2012-11-22) CPDL #27637: (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2012-11-22). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 1.04 MB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: O Lovely May
Composer: Edward German
Lyricist: Henry Wethered
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1894 Novello, Ewer and Co.
Description:

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Original text and translations

English text

Come away!

Bleak winter’s storms have left the skies,
The winds their fury ended,
So bright and free on shrub and tree
The blossoms are suspended.
      O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
      That’s calling from afar today.
          Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
          The cares that press with sorrow,
          And seek the gladness nature brings,
          Bright will be the morrow.

Come away!

The woodlands now yield all their charms,
Sweet Spring’s again inviting,
O’er hill and dale, thro’ mead and vale,
The birds in songs delighting.
      O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
      That’s calling from afar today.
          Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
          The cares that press with sorrow,
          And seek the gladness nature brings,
          Bright will be the morrow.

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 {{Composer|Edward German}}
+{{Lyricist|Henry Wethered}}<br>
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 {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|Piano}}
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 ==Original text and translations==
 {{Text|English|
-Come away! Bleak winter's storms have left the skies,
+Come away!
-Winds their fury ended,
-So bright and free on shrub and tree,
+Bleak winter’s storms have left the skies,
+The winds their fury ended,
+So bright and free on shrub and tree
 The blossoms are suspended.
+      O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
+      That’s calling from afar today.
+          Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
+          The cares that press with sorrow,
+          And seek the gladness nature brings,
+          Bright will be the morrow.
-O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
+Come away!
-that's calling from afar today,
-Ah! Then leave, O leave the toils,
-And seek the gladness nature brings,
-Bright will be the morrow, come away,
 The woodlands now yield all their charms,
-Spring's again inviting,
+Sweet Spring’s again inviting,
-O'er hill and dale,thro' mead and vale,
+O’er hill and dale, thro’ mead and vale,
 The birds in songs delighting.
+      O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
-O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
+      That’s calling from afar today.
-That's calling, from afar today,
+          Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
+          The cares that press with sorrow,
-Ah! Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
+          And seek the gladness nature brings,
-And seek the gladness nature brings,
+          Bright will be the morrow.}}
-Bright will be the morrow, come away,}}
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