by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher
Blackbirds
Language: English
Beautiful music is waking today, Ringing my garden through, Out in the dawning I hear a song Under the shining blue. Through my window the sunlight gleams, While round each happy way, Blackbirds tell me of joy and spring, Hark to their song to-day! Ah! Refrain "Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!" This is the song they call, "Wander out through this golden land While sunshine is over all! Laughter and gladness within your hearts, While merrily echoes ring, Oh! crown your life with love today In this wonderful world of spring!" Never indoors can I linger now, Out through the morn I go, Over the hills and the daisy fields And forth where the breezes blow. Daffodils I shall gather there, The primrose from the lea, While the blackbirds so wild and gay Sing out of love to me! Ah! Refrain
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher [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 May Windsor (1881 - 1944), "Blackbirds", 1921, published 1921, first performed 1921 [ voice and piano ], London : Cary and C0
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 140