The contest (George Frederick Root)

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• (Posted 2023-12-04)  CPDL #77829:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 286 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The contest
Composer: George Frederick Root
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1868 Root & Cady
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Which side shall we join?
Join ours, of course.
This is the side you should join.
Now, you’d really better come with us.
We will all sing together,
Yes, we’ll all sing together.
O, the tenor are so grasping,
They would leave us none at all.
No! No! No! We will not sing all together, no!