The nightingale in silent night (George Rathbone)

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• (Posted 2023-11-30)  CPDL #77733:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-30).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 329 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The nightingale in silent night
Composer: George Rathbone
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1899 Novello and Co.
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English text

The nightingale in silent night
Doth sing as well as in in the light,
To lull love’s watchful eyes asleep;
She doth her nightly vigils keep.
Then hey ho, sing we with all,
What fortune us so e’er befall.