Song of the woods (Stephen Jesse Oslin)

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• (Posted 2023-11-22)  CPDL #77537:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 403 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Song of the woods
Composer: Stephen Jesse Oslin
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 D. W. Christ
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Oh, could I in the greenwood be,
Thro’ all the summer time,
What pleasure would they give to me,
Those trees in all their prime!

Oh, haste thee to the woods away!
Be merry, glad and free;
All nature bids thee, “come today,”
And happy ever be.

The branches beckon me to stay
Beneath their shady dome,
The meadow flowers nod and say,
“Come, gentle stranger, come!”

The birds awakened from their sleep,
Are soaring high and free;
The deer and roe with gentle step,
Are springing merrily.

Young birds from every twig and bough,
Enchanted with their home,
Are singing songs both loud and low,
“Come to the woodland, come!”