possibly by Thomas Bateson (c1570 - c1630)

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!

Composition:

    Set to music 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

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Researcher for this page: Graham Musto

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 69