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by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)

Waken, lords and ladies gay
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
 See original
Language: English 
Waken, lords and ladies gay,
Upon the mountain dawns the day;
All the jolly chase is here.
With hawk and horses and hunting-spear!
The eager hounds in chorus cry, 
The swelling horns salute the sky; 
And merrily, merrily mingle they, 
Then Waken, lords and ladies gay !

Waken, lords and ladies gay,
The mist has left the mountain gray,
Brakes are deck'd with diamonds bright,
And streams rejoice in early light. 
The foresters have busy been 
To track the buck in thicket green; 
Now we are come to chant our lay, 
Then waken, lords and ladies gay.

 ... 

Louder, louder chant the lay,
Waken, lords and ladies gay!
Tell them youth and mirth and glee
Run swift their course as well as we; 
Old Time, stern huntsman! who can baulk, 
As staunch as hound and fleet as hawk? 
O think of this, and rise with day, 
Ye gentle lords and ladies gay!

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Waken, lords and ladies gay", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 12 (1809-10), stanzas 1,2,4

Text Authorship:

  • by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz) , "Auf, ihr Herrn und schmucke Fraun"


Researcher for this page: Brian Holmes

This text was added to the website: 2005-07-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 195

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