The hemlock tree (John Liptrot Hatton)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-09-25). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 142 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: ATTB version. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-08-30). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 138 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SATB version. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: The hemlock tree
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 6, no. 189
2nd published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 7, no. 229
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Original text and translations
English text
1 O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree!
How faithful are thy branches!
Green not alone in summertime,
But in the winter's frost and rime!
O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree!
How faithful are thy branches!
2 O maiden fair! O maiden fair!
How faithless is thy bosom!
To love me in prosperity,
And leave me in adversity!
O maiden fair! O maiden fair!
fair! O maiden fair! How faithless is thy bosom!
How faithless is thy bosom!
3 The nightingale, the nightingale,
Thou tak’st for thine example!
So long as summer laughs, she sings,
But in the autumn spreads her wings.
The nightingale, The nightingale,
Thou tak'st for thine example!
4 The meadow brook, the meadow brook,
Is mirror of thy falsehood!
It flows so long as falls the rain,
In drought its springs soon dry again.
The meadow brook, The meadow brook,
Is mirror of thy falsehood!