Come Delia, pride of rural swains (John Danby)

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• (Posted 2022-01-17)  CPDL #67625: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Come Delia, pride of rural swains
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Francis Fawkes^{create page}
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1789
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English text

Come Delia, joy of rural swains,
Oh, come and bless thy native plains;
The daisies spring, the beeches bud,
The songsters warble in the wood.
Come Delia, haste, O haste away,
Your smiles will make the village gay;
When you return the vernal breeze
Will wake the buds and fan the trees;
O come and see the violets spring,
The meadows laugh, the linnets sing;
Your eyes our joyless hearts can cheer;
O haste, and make us happy here.