New Year’s Eve (Daniel Protheroe)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-30). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 246 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: New Year’s Eve
Composer: Daniel Protheroe
Lyricist: Anne Macvicar Grant
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1911 Gamble Hinged Music Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sing a sweet melodious measure,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Home’s a theme replete with pleasure,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Waft enchanting lays around,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Home! a grateful there resound,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Though the moon refuse to light us,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Come, where mirth and joy invite us,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Come where music’s notes are swelling,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la,
And where tales of love are telling,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.