All in the April Evening (Hugh S. Roberton)

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• CPDL #3556: Sibelius 2

Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2002-04-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 136 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

General Information

Title: All in the April Evening
Composer: Hugh S. Roberton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

English text
Sheep and Lambs

All in the April evening

April airs were abroad;

The sheep with their little lambs

Passed me by on the road.

The sheep with their little lambs

Passed me by on the road;

All in the April evening

I thought on the Lamb of God.

The lambs were weary and crying

With a weak, human cry.

I thought on the Lamb of God

Going meekly to die.

Up in the blue, blue mountains

Dewy pastures are sweet;

Rest for the little bodies,

Rest for the little feet.

But for the Lamb of God,

Up on the hill-top green,

Only a cross of shame

Two stark crosses between.

All in the April evening,

April airs were abroad;

I saw the sheep with their lambs,

And thought on the Lamb of God.

Katharine Tynan Hinkson b.1861