The Meaning of the Song (John B. Grant)

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• (Posted 2023-10-23)  CPDL #76543:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-23).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 443 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Meaning of the Song
Composer: John B. Grant
Lyricist: Charles Mackay
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1880 Oliver Ditson & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

What is the meaning of the song
That rings so clear and loud;
Thou nightingale amid the copse,
Thou lark above the cloud?
What says the song, thou joyous thrush
Upon the walnut tree?
“I love my love because I know
My love loves me.”
What is the meaning of thy thought,
O maiden fair and young?
There is such pleasure in thine eyes,
Such music in thy tongue;
There is such glory in thy face—
What can the meaning be?
“I love my love because I know
My love loves me.”

O happy words, at beauty’s feet,
We say them in our prime,
And when the early summers pass
And love comes on with time,
Still be it ours in care’s despite
To join the chorus free,
“I love my love because I know
My love loves me.”