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by John Lyly (1553 - 1606)

Spring's welcome
 (Sung text for setting by V. Fine)
 See original
Language: English 
What bird so sings, yet so does wail?
O 'tis the ravish'd nightingale.
Jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,
And still her woes at midnight rise.
Brave prick-song! Who is't now we hear?
None but the lark so shrill and clear;
Now at heaven's gate she clasps her wings, 
The morn not waking till she sings.
Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat 
Poor robin redbreast tunes his note:
Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing
Cuckoo! to welcome in the spring!
Cuckoo! to welcome in the spring!

Composition:

    Set to music by Vivian Fine (1913 - 2000), "Spring's welcome", 1941, first performed 1941 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Four Elizabethan Songs, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by John Lyly (1553 - 1606), "Spring's welcome"

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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-20
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