Weathers (Laurence Hughes)

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Editor: Laurence Hughes (submitted 2000-06-12).   Score information: Unknown, 332 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: #1 of 'Two Partsongs for Upper Voices'

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General Information

Title: Weathers
Composer: Laurence Hughes

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

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Original text and translations

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This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly;
And the little brown nightingale bills his best,
And they sit outside at "The Traveller's Rest",
And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest,
And citizens dream of the south and west,
And so do I.

This is the weather the shepherd shuns,
And so do I;
When beeches drip in browns and duns,
And thresh and ply;
And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe,
And meadow rivulets overflow,
And drops on gate bars hang in a row,
And rooks in families homeward go,
And so do I.