Is it night (Samuel Webbe)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-06-02). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Is it night
Composer: Samuel Webbe
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Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Is it night? Would darkness fright us?
Let us drive dull thoughts away;
Let gay mirth and songs unite us,
Till we see the rising day.
Fly, care, to the winds
Thus I blow thee away;
I’ll drown thee in wine,
If thou darest to stay.