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Songs of Summer
Song Cycle by Iain Ellis Hamilton (1922 - 2000)
1. Dawn
Language: English
2. The Rose  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Whenas the mildest month Of jolly June doth spring, And gardens green with happy hue Their famous fruits do bring; When eke the lustiest time Reviveth youthly blood, Then springs the finest featured flower In border fair that stood. Which moveth me to say, In time of pleasant year, Of all the pleasant flowers in June The red rose hath no peer.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Howell (flourished 1568-1581), "The Rose"
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry3. Country Glee  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Haymakers, rakers, reapers, and mowers, Wait upon your summer queen. Dress up with musk-rose her eglantine bowers, Daffodils strew the green. Sing, dance, and play, 'Tis holiday. The sun does bravely shine On our ears of corn. Rich as a pearl, Comes every girl, This is mine, this is mine, this is mine; Let us die, ere away they be borne. Bow to the sun, to our queen, and that fair one, Come to behold our sports. Each bonny lass here is counted a rare one, As those in princes' courts. These and we With country glee, Will teach the woods to resound And the hills with echoes hollow; Skipping lambs Their bleating dams 'Mongst kids shall trip it round; For joy thus our wenches we follow. Wind, jolly huntsman, your neat bugles shrilly, Hounds make a lusty cry; Spring up, you falconers, the partridges freely, Then let your brave hawks fly. Horses amain Over ridge, over plain, The dogs have the stag in chase; 'Tis a sport to content a king: So ho! ho! through the skies How the proud bird flies, And sousing, kills with a grace. Now the deer falls; hark! how they ring.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Dekker (c1572 - 1632), "Haymakers, Rakers, Reapers, and Mowers"
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