Lo! Autumn Leaves (Edward Bunnett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-28)  CPDL #75834:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 488 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Lo! Autumn Leaves
Composer: Edward Bunnett
Lyricist: Edward Oxenford
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
Description: Six Pastoral Part-songs, No.4

Original text and translations

English text

Lo! Autumn leaves are falling
From bush and stately tree,
And winds amid the barren boughs
Are sighing drearily!
The flowers that deckt the meadows,
No more their petals spread,
Their loveliness has passed away,
For summer days are dead!
Their loveliness has passed away,
For summer days are dead!

Yes! the leaves are falling,
The shrill winds moan and sigh,
And desolation reigns supreme,
For winter now is nigh!

The swallows flock together,
And circle o’er the lea,
Prepare to take their wonted flight
Across the pathless sea!
The songsters cease their singing,
And looming overhead,
The heavy clouds grow more and more.
For summer days are dead!
The heavy clouds grow more and more,
For summer days are dead!