The Owl and the Dove (Philip Phillips)

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• (Posted 2023-11-28)  CPDL #77648:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 374 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Owl and the Dove
Composer: Philip Phillips
Lyricist: Amelia Minerva Starkweather
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1866 Philip Phillips & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

“Coo, coo,” said the dove;
“Oh, where is my love?
He was stolen this morning from me.
Does any one know?
I wonder, who, who?”
“There’s a hawk, I presume it was he,”
Said a mischievous owl in the tree.

“Do you know? Oh, tell me, coo, coo;”
Said the owl “I wonder, who, who?”
“Coo, coo;” “Who, who?”
“Coo, coo;” “Who, who?”
“Oh tell me, coo, coo?”

“His beautiful crest,
And snowy white breast
Where the handsomest feathers I know;
I loved him so well,
Won’t somebody tell?”
“He will never come back to see you;”
Laugh’d the wicked old owl, “hoo, hoo, hoo!”

“If some cruel fate
Had stolen your mate,
I would tell where he was if I could.
Great owl, with those eyes,
You look very wise;
Could you tell? “Why I could if I would;”
Croak’d the horrid old owl of the wood.