by John Bennett (1865 - 1956)
The hunt is up! The hunt is up!
Language: English
The hunt is up! The hunt is up! Sing merrily, merrily we, The wild birds sing, the dun deer spring, The forest aisles with music sing, Merrily, merrily we! The hunt is up! The hunt is up! Sing merrily, merrily we, Then ride along, with gladsome song, As gladsome as can be!
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Text Authorship:
- by John Bennett (1865 - 1956), "The Song of the Hunt (Old Warwickshire)", appears in The Master Skylark: A Story of Shakespeare's Time, Part 1, Chapter 1, first published 1897 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Hunting song", c1921. [baritone, cornet, and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-28
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