The White Rose (Stefano Puri)
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- Editor: Stefano Puri (submitted 2018-07-09). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 331 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: The White Rose
Composer: Stefano Puri
Lyricist: John Boyle O'Reilly
Number of voices: 4-8vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2018
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Original text and translations
English text
The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
But I send you a cream-white rosebud
With a flush on its petal tips;
For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips.