October’s party (Flora Ellis Wells)

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• (Posted 2023-12-15)  CPDL #78265:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-15).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 650 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: October’s party
Composer: Flora Ellis Wells
Lyricist: George Cooper
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1901 A. Flanagan Company
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came—
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand;
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.

Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly “hands around.”