Spring, the sweet spring (George Oldroyd)
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- Editor: Unknown (submitted 2008-07-28). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Spring, the sweet spring
Composer: George Oldroyd
Lyricist: Thomas Nashcreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king,
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do greet:
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to witta-woo!
Spring, the sweet spring.