by James I, King of Scotland (1394 - 1437)
Spring Song of the Birds
Language: English
Worschippe ye that loveris bene this May. For of your blisse the Kalendis are begonne And sing with us, Away, Winter, away! Cum, Somer, cum, the suete sesoun and sonne! Awake for schame! that have your hevynnis wonne, And amorously lift up your hedis all, Thank Lufe that list you to his merci call!
Authorship:
- by James I, King of Scotland (1394 - 1437) [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 Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Spring Song of the Birds", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 54