O Summer Wind (William Alexander Campbell Cruickshank)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76129:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 278 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: O Summer Wind
Composer: William Alexander Campbell Cruickshank
Lyricist: F. S. Parry^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1882 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

O Summer wind that farest south,
Speed on by brake and billow,
Bear hence a kiss to my love’s mouth,
And breathe upon her pillow.

Hide in the mazes of her hair,
Whereon the sunlight flashes,
Play gently o’er her forehead fair,
And lift her dreaming lashes.

The lilies wake across the lake,
The eyes of morn are peeping;
O Summer wind, awake, awake,
The while my love lies sleeping.

O kiss her once and kiss her twice,
And bear this greeting duly;
Until my heart be lapt in ice,
I’ll love her truly, truly.