Song to Idleness
Song to Idleness
| Composer | David W Solomons |
|---|---|
| Arrangement | - |
| Co-Authors | - |
| Lyrics | David Dunning |
| Performed by | - |
| Uploaded on | 10 April 2008 23:07 |
| Uploaded by | dwsolo |
| Genre | Contemporary |
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Details
| Publisher | Dwsolo |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Pages | 5 |
| Religion | Not applicable |
| Nationality | British |
| Layout | - |
|---|---|
| Clef | Not applicable |
| Instrumentation | Choir |
| Language | English |
| Catalogue id | MSS-426-6ECBDD6 |
Description
SATB choral piece with guitar accompaniment, in light "old English folksong" style and with "cheeky" variations.
First performed in the "Quadrangles" concert at Westminster College, Oxford in 1976.
The zip file contains two pdf files: full choral score (also showing guitar part) and also separate guitar part.
The sample audio file has been performed (at pitch) by the dwsChorale (with a slight tweak on the soprano line :-)).
The words are as follows:
When autumn harvests are full grown
and luscious fruits to me are shown,
piled plump and rich till stomachs groan,
when autumn harvests are full grown
ripe juices puddle on the tongue,
and winter I forget in gurgling song.
once when the fresh new spring was here
I lavished though to sow the year
oh dreaming seasons never interfere with worldly bounty,
scorned the prudent song
and prayed March winds to buffet time along
Soon in the heat of summer haze
I floundered on through deep green maize,
where heavy herds lowed as they grazed,
I saw that I would reap in thought among the rich;
and time moved on with busy song,
now in the heat of summer
Now winter creeps between the sashes
and rain upon the window lashes
while wild wind moans round rafters dashes
and I to annual poverty belong,
yet know that spring flows richly on in song
[To idleness I sing this song]
When autumn harvests are full grown
and luscious fruits to me are shown,
piled plump and rich till stomachs groan,
when autumn harvests are full grown
ripe juices puddle on the tongue,
and winter I forget in gurgling song.
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