David's Lament for Jonathan (Gustav Holst)

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• (Posted 2019-08-22)  CPDL #55125:     

Editor: Jan Wilke (submitted 2019-08-22).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: David's Lament for Jonathan
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Helen Waddell^{create page}

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: 3 equal voices
Genre: Secular, Lament, Canon

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1932
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English text

Low in the grave with thee
Happy to lie,
Since there is no greater thing left
Love to do;
And to live after thee Is but to die,
For with but half a soul what can Life do?