Early days (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-28)  CPDL #79302:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-28).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 300 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Early days
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1843 J. H. Wilkins and R. B. Carter
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English text

Oh! give me back my early days,
The fresh springs and the bright,
That made the course of childhood’s ways
A journey of delight.

Oh! give me back the violet blue,
The woodbine, and the rose
That o’er my early wandering threw
The fragrance of repose.

One sail upon that summer sea,
Whose passing storms are all
Light winds that blow more merrily,
And dewy showers that fall.

’Tis not that pleasure may not bring,
Fresh gladness to the breast,
But I am worn with wandering
To find a home of rest.