The merry maid (Edward Roberts)

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• (Posted 2024-06-17)  CPDL #80974:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-06-17).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 352 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The merry maid
Composer: Edward Roberts
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1868 F. J. Huntington & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Along the lane where roses grow,
And dew drops glisten pearly,
A merry maid is seen to go
Each summer morning early,
And tripping her way along
She carols a merry song.
Fa la la la la la.

The very roses seem to blush
Still brighter where they’re clinging,
While from the hedgerows many a thrush
Starts up to join her singing,
And tripping her way along
She carols a merry song.
Fa la la la la la.

The flowers shine in bright array,
With honeyed treasures laden;
And fragrant is the path today
Where goes my merry maiden,
And tripping her way along
She carols a merry song.
Fa la la la la la.