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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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Now is the sunny Spring  
Now is the sunny Spring
     In every meadow seen,  
     In every meadow seen,
Now birds on wanton wing  
Now birds on wanton wing
     Do fly through forest green;  
     Do fly through forest green;
Each lusty living thing  
Each lusty living thing
     Must needs rejoice and sing,  
     Must needs rejoice and sing,
Then let us bear our part  
Then let us bear our part
     With a blithe and merry heart,  
     With a blithe and merry heart,
           And a fa la la la la.
           And a fa la la la la.


Now by each reedy brook,  
Now by each reedy brook,
     That doth to music run;  
     That doth to music run;
The shepherd hangs his crook  
The shepherd hangs his crook
     With garlands in the sun:  
     With garlands in the sun:
The fields, by snow forsook,  
The fields, by snow forsook,
     Put on their freshest look,  
     Put on their freshest look,
The swain to labour goes,  
The swain to labour goes,
     When as the south wind blows,  
     When as the south wind blows,
           And a fa la la la la.
           And a fa la la la la.


Now May in flowers bedight  
Now May in flowers bedight
     Doth all to music move,  
     Doth all to music move,
And maids in dances light  
And maids in dances light
     Their joy of heart do prove.  
     Their joy of heart do prove.
The nightingale by night  
The nightingale by night
     Doth echo our delight,  
     Doth echo our delight,
And the cuckoo cries abroad,  
And the cuckoo cries abroad,
     The springtime let us laud  
     The springtime let us laud
           And a fa la la la la.}}
           And a fa la la la la.}}


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Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-04-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 518 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: The praise of Spring
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Lyricist: May Byron
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: Three Part-Songs, Op. 111, No. 2.

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Original text and translations

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Now is the sunny Spring
     In every meadow seen,
Now birds on wanton wing
     Do fly through forest green;
Each lusty living thing
     Must needs rejoice and sing,
Then let us bear our part
     With a blithe and merry heart,
          And a fa la la la la.

Now by each reedy brook,
     That doth to music run;
The shepherd hangs his crook
     With garlands in the sun:
The fields, by snow forsook,
     Put on their freshest look,
The swain to labour goes,
     When as the south wind blows,
          And a fa la la la la.

Now May in flowers bedight
     Doth all to music move,
And maids in dances light
     Their joy of heart do prove.
The nightingale by night
     Doth echo our delight,
And the cuckoo cries abroad,
     The springtime let us laud
          And a fa la la la la.

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