The shepherd's farewell (Henry Thomas Smart)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-08). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 303 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-10-13). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 84 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The shepherd's farewell
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Lyricist: Etheldred Mary Smart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 8, no. 239
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Original text and translations
English text
1 The hills in morning's light are glowing,
The lambs are bleating in the fold,
My love, my lamb, I must be going,
Oh! might I thee once more behold!
2 In vain thy curtained window eyeing,
I watch my rising sun to see,
No glance, no voice to mine replying,
She sleeps, perchance she dreams of me.