possibly by Thomas Bateson (c1570 - c1630)
Sister awake! Close not your eyes
Language: English
Sister awake! Close not your eyes, The day her light discloses, And the bright morning doth arise, Out of her bed of roses. See the clear sun, the world's bright eye, In at our window peeping; Lo! how he blusheth to espy Us idle wenches, sleeping! Therefore awake! make Haste, I say, And let us, without staying, All in our gowns of green so gay Into the park a-maying!
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Text Authorship:
- possibly by Thomas Bateson (c1570 - c1630), first published 1604 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Bateson (c1570 - c1630), "Sister awake! close not your eyes!", published 1604 [ chorus ], from First Set of English Madrigals, madrigal; London : T. Este [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Morning call", op. 77 no. 2 (1951), published 1960 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano solo, three-part women's chorus, and strings ], from Of a Summer Day, no. 2, Association of American Choruses, Philadelphia [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Sister, awake!" [ duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Sister, awake!", op. 95 (Fire sange = Four songs) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005), "Sister awake", op. 84b no. 1 (1949), published 1954 [ voice and woodwind quintet ], from Two Songs for Voice and Woodwind Quintet, no. 1, Glen Rock, NJ : J. Fischer & Bro. (Belwin/Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Still (1910 - 1971), "Sister, awake!" [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
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Word count: 69