O happy fair (William Shield)

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• (Posted 2021-09-12)  CPDL #65746: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-09-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 163 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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• (Posted 2021-09-12)  CPDL #65732:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-09-12).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 139 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: O happy fair
Composer: William Shield
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB trio
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1851 Novello's Glee Hive no.18
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Original text and translations

English text

O happy fair,
Your eyes are load-stars and your tongue sweet air:
More tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear,
When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear.