The Song of the Bat (Charles Eddy Leslie)

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• (Posted 2023-11-09)  CPDL #77151:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 388 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Song of the Bat
Composer: Charles Eddy Leslie
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1893 Ruebush-Kieffer Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The bat, the bat is a very strange bird,
He flies all round and nothing is heard,
Except the flap of his ugly wings
Which is the only song that he sings,
In daylight he hides himself away
And no one can tell there he does stay,
But at night he’s flying all round and about,
The houses and barns he takes in his route.

He’s in at the window, And out at the door,
He’s up to the ceiling and down to the floor,
There, now I have him right under my hat,
Be careful or else you will hurt the poor bat,
Poor little bat, He’s under my hat.

The bat is out though a very dark night,
He flies all round as though it were light,
He has no fear of his life or health
’Tis true he has no money or wealth,
He’s odd in his way and spends the day,
And no one can tell where he does stay.
But at night he’s flying all round and about,
The houses and barns he takes in his route.