Song for Spring (Edouard Silas)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-07). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 421 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Song for Spring
Composer: Edouard Silas
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1879 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Now gladsome Spring is coming,
And flowerets sweet are springing.
Fa la la la la la la.
While Nature shows her face,
Bedecked with every grace.
Fa la la la la la la.
The Spring, clad all in gladness,
Doth laugh at Winter’s sadness.
Fa la la la la la la.
And many a blossom gay
Lies strewed along her way.
Fa la la la la la la.
While earth her voice upraises
To sing her welcome praises.
Fa la la la la la la.
We join our cheerful day,
And chant our roundelay.
Fa la la la la la la.