Under the willow (Alfred Arthur Graley)

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•  Posted on 2024-05-09(Posted 2024-05-09)  CPDL #80583:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-05-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 404 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Under the willow
Composer: Alfred Arthur Graley
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 Taintor Brothers
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Original text and translations

English text

Under the willow,
Earth for her pillow,
Sadly we’ve laid her to rest;
While we are weeping,
Sweetly she’s sleeping,
Calm is the once troubled breast.

But we will meet thee,
Once more will greet thee,
Perfect in beauty and love;
Yes, we’ll behold thee,
To our hearts fold thee,
When we rejoin thee above.

Soft be thy pillow,
Under the willow,
Shading in pity thy tomb;
Soft fall the showers
On the bright flowers,
Yielding their fragrant perfume.

Tossed on life’s billow,
Oft to the willow,
Pensive at twilight we’ll rove;
Long to embrace thee,
Once more replace thee
In the dear circle of love.

Rest on thy pillow,
Under the willow,
What though thy beauty departs;
Tender affections,
Sweet recollections,
We will enshrine in our hearts.