Sweet to live amid the mountains (William Webster Pearson)

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• (Posted 2023-11-27)  CPDL #77637:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-27).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 505 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Sweet to live amid the mountains
Composer: William Webster Pearson
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1913 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Sweet to live amid the mountains,
Cheered by music of the mountains,
Sweet to hear the Alphorn sounding,
And to see the chamois bounding,
Rocks and woods with joy resounding,
While our hearts are blythe as they.

Light at morn, from slumber springing,
Sweet to hear the wild birds singing,
And when dewy eve descending
Calls us home from toil unbending,
Oh, what gentle joys are bending
In our hearts at that soft hour.

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