On the heather (George Frederick Root)

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(Posted 2023-12-04) CPDL #77830:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 369 kB Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: On the heather
Composer: George Frederick Root
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1872 John Church & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

On the heather,
Where in the sunbeams
Wave the flowers to the breeze,
Naught is heard save, far in the distance,
Songs of wild birds from the trees,
Softly, gently,
In the fragrant summer breeze,
Softly, gently,
Songs of wild birds from the trees,
Naught is heard save, far in the distance,
Songs of wild birds from the trees.

On the heather I would be roaming,
When the summer days are bright,
With the birds that, far in the distance,
Wake their songs of bright delight,
Softly, gently,
In the fragrant summer breeze,
Softly, gently,
Songs of wild birds from the trees,
Naught is heard save, far in the distance,
Songs of wild birds from the trees.