The dear little shamrock (William Rhys-Herbert)

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• (Posted 2024-02-01)  CPDL #78971:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 375 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The dear little shamrock
Composer: Andrew Cherry
Arranger: William Rhys-Herbert
Lyricist: Andrew Cherry
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 J. Fischer & Bro.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

There’s a dear little plant that grows in our Isle,
’Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it,
And the sun on his labour with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.

It shines thro’ the bog, thro’ the brake and the mire-land,
And he called it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland.
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock.
The dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.

That dear little plant still grows in our land,
Fresh and fair as the daughters of Erin,
Whose smiles can bewitch, and whose eyes can command
In each climate they ever appear in:

For they shine thro’ the bog, thro’ the brake and the mire-land,
Just like their own dear little Shamrock of Ireland.
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock,
The dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.

That dear little plant that springs from our soil,
When its three little leaves are extended,
Denotes from the walk we together should toil,
And ourselves by ourselves be befriended.

And still thro’ the bog, thro’ the brake and the mire-land,
From one root should branch, like the Shamrock of Ireland.
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet little Shamrock,
The dear little, sweet little Shamrock of Ireland.