May Day (Stephen Samuel Stratton)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78112:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 654 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: May Day
Composer: Stephen Samuel Stratton
Lyricist: John Wolcot
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The daisies peep from every field
And violets sweet their odor yield;
The purple blossom paints the thorn,
And streams reflect the blush of morn.
Then, lads and lasses all, be gay,
For this is nature’s holiday.

Behold the lark in ether float,
While rapture swells the liquid note!
What warbles lie, with merry cheer?
“Let Love and Pleasure rule the year!”
Then, lads and lasses all, be gay,
For this is nature’s holiday.

The insect tribes in myriads pour,
And kiss with zephyr every flower:
Shall these our icy hearts reprove,
And tell us we are foes to Love?
Then, lads and lasses all, be gay,
For this is nature’s holiday.