The Birthday (George Alexander Osborne)

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  • (Posted 2023-11-22)  CPDL #77534:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 418 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: The Birthday
Composer: George Alexander Osborne
Lyricist: Robert West Taylor
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1862 Chappell & Co.
Description: Six Four-part Songs, No. 5

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Original text and translations

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Of a maiden now we sing, gentle and fair,
With radiant smile devoid of guile, and modest air.
On this her natal day,
We join to wish her well,
But what her name is,
We must not, and we will not tell.

Few are her years, but those improved by tender care,
Give her the grace it should be woman’s lot to wear.
Happy the loving home,
In which she’s born to dwell,
But what her name is,
We must not, and we will not tell.

Time may steal over each grateful parent’s head,
Yet do they not decline, but live in her instead.
Then, let us join with them
And all to wish her well,
But what her name is,
We must not, and we will not tell.