Monarch winter (Stephen Samuel Stratton)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78113:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 511 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Monarch winter
Composer: Stephen Samuel Stratton
Lyricist: William Smallcombe Passmore
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

Hail to thee, good Monarch Winter,
    Though a blust’ring ruler thou,
Yet we love thy ruddy visage,
    And thy honest frosted brow!
Oft about our ears thou railest,
    Fiercely hurling blast and storm;
Still we know a score of monarchs
    Who would do us much more harm!
        Though with hail and snows and tempest,
            Thou thy subjects dost regale,
        Still, like loyal hearts, we greet thee,
             Monarch Winter! hail! all hail!

Once a year comes Father Christmas,
    To partake thy festive cheer;
Then the rout and revel soundeth,
    For we all love Christmas dear!
Oft he grasps thy frozen fingers,
    Yet they bode thy guest no harm;
For he knows ’tis but iced surface,
    And, beneath, thine heart is warm.
        Though with hail and snows and tempest,
            Thou thy subjects dost regale,
        Still, like loyal hearts, we greet thee,
             Monarch Winter! hail! all hail!