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Two Cherry Songs

Song Cycle by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958)

?. The cherry tree  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Oh, fair to see
[Blossom-laden]1 cherry tree,
  Arrayed in sunny white;
  An April day's delight,
Oh, fair to see!

Oh, fair to see
Fruit-laden cherry tree,
  With balls of shining red
  Decking a leafy head,
Oh, fair to see! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872

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1 Finzi: "Bloom-laden"

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