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!
Two Songs for Voice and Woodwind Quintet
Song Cycle by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005)
1. Sister awake  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- possibly by Thomas Bateson (c1570 - c1630), first published 1604
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Researcher for this page: Graham Musto2. The lamb  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and [bid]1 thee feed, By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, Little Lamb, I'll tell thee: He is callèd by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild: He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are callèd by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The lamb", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 4, first published 1789
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'anyell", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Thomas F. Schubert) , "Das Lamm", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Агнец", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 MacNutt, Somervell: "bade"
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
Total word count: 182