What sing the birds?
Language: English
What sing the birds at the break of the daytime? What sing the birds? What sing the birds in the flush of the Maytime? What sing the birds? "Dark days are fled, Old griefs are dead!" So sing the birds In Spring. What sing the birds when the summer is ending? What sing the birds? While to the Southland in flight they are wending, What sing the birds? "Sweet joy must die, But Hope lives for aye! Hope lives for aye, For aye!" What sing the birds at the break of the daytime? What sing the birds? What sing the birds in the flush of the Maytime? What sing the birds? "Dark days are fled, Old griefs are dead. We have returned with the Spring, All has awakened to life and love"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Molly Carew (1886 - 1953), "What sing the birds?", copyright © 1931 [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell
Score: Trove [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 132