O lovely May (Edward German)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-28). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 937 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2012-11-22). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 1.04 MB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: O Lovely May
Composer: Edward German
Lyricist: Henry Wethered
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1894 Novello, Ewer and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Come away!
Bleak winter’s storms have left the skies,
The winds their fury ended,
So bright and free on shrub and tree
The blossoms are suspended.
O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
That’s calling from afar today.
Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
The cares that press with sorrow,
And seek the gladness nature brings,
Bright will be the morrow.
Come away!
The woodlands now yield all their charms,
Sweet Spring’s again inviting,
O’er hill and dale, thro’ mead and vale,
The birds in songs delighting.
O lovely May! how sweet the lay!
That’s calling from afar today.
Then leave, O leave the toils of life,
The cares that press with sorrow,
And seek the gladness nature brings,
Bright will be the morrow.