Up-Hill (Charles Harford Lloyd)
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- (Posted 2023-11-09) CPDL #77166:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 535 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Up-Hill
Composer: Charles Harford Lloyd
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1903 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place?
A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before.
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
They will not keep you standing at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.