The Spring is coming (Simeon P. Cheney)

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• (Posted 2023-10-03)  CPDL #75982:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-03).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 515 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Spring is coming
Composer: Simeon P. Cheney
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1879 White, Smith & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The Spring is coming, it is, it is;
The snow is melting away;
And birds which fled when summer sped
For fields more bright and gay,
Have come again to their native plains
To cheer us with their song;
And they sit upon the forest tree
And sing there all day long.

The Spring is coming, it is, it is;
The flowers will soon be here
With perfume rare to fill the air,
And bid our spirits cheer;
The vernal grass once more will spring,
The fruit trees all look gay,
And the hills shall sing with songs we sing
This merry April day.

The Spring is coming, it is, it is;
Let every heart rejoice.
Let every tongue that ever sung
Chime in with Nature’s voice:
Bid gloomy care and dark despair,
And every ill away;
And we’ll seek relief from every grief
On Nature’s holiday.

New York Tribune (1845)