Fair Flora decks the flowery ground (John Danby)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 158 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: Fair Flora decks the flowery ground
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composercreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
First published: 1785
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Original text and translations
English text
Fair Flora decks the flow'ry ground,
And plants the bloom of May;
While ev'ry hill and ev'ry vale
Appears unusual gay.
The pretty warblers of the grove
Assume their various notes;
The echoing woods responsive sound
The music of their throats.
Lead on, my Celia, quit the town,
And banish ev'ry care;
O haste, my Celia, haste away,
To breathe the rural air.