Fair Katie (James William Elliott)

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• (Posted 2023-10-12)  CPDL #76294:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 552 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Fair Katie
Composer: James William Elliott
Lyricist: M. L. Elliott^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1870 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Katie is a maiden fair,
Very fair to view;
Azure eyes and golden hair,
Cheeks of rosy hue;
Dainty is her step and mien,
Saucy is her smile;
Little does she guess, I ween,
How her charms beguile.

Katie is the sweetest prize
Man could hope to win:
Fragrant are her very sighs,
Born of truth within.
Soul as pure as she is fair,
Mind and thoughts serene,
Dare I hope to win and wear,
Of all girls the Queen?

Now and then a mantling flush
Brings sweet hope to me,
Sure she’d not so softly blush,
And yet cruel be?
Love-lit eyes and glowing cheek
Can’t their truth disown:
What care I for lips to speak
While her heart’s my own!