On the Alm, Op. 27, No. 5 (Edward Elgar)

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General Information

Title: On the Alm, Op. 27, No. 5
Composer: Edward Elgar

Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: piano
Published: 1897

Description: No. 5 from "From the Bavarian Highlands"

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Original text and translations

English text

A mellow bell pears near,

It has so sweet a sound;

I know a maiden dear

With voice as full and round

A sunlit alm shines clear,

With clover blossoms sweet;

There dwells my maiden dear

And there my love I meet.

There flying with no fear

The swallows pass all day,

And fast, my maiden dear,

Sees chamois haste away.

I cannot linger here,

I cannot wait below;

To seek my maiden dear.

I, to the alm must go.

The mountain's call I hear,

And up the height I bound;

I know my maiden dear

Will mark my Juchhé sound.

Rejoicing come I here

My flaxen-haired sweet-heart;

I love thee maiden dear,

Nay! Bid me not depart!