Twilight Night (John Ireland)

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• (Posted 2023-11-01)  CPDL #76872:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 333 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Twilight Night
Composer: John Ireland
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1923 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

We met, hand to hand,
    We clasped hands close and fast,
As close as oak and ivy stand;
    But it is past:
    Come day, come night, day comes at last.

We loosed hand from hand,
    We parted face from face;
Each went his way to his own land.
    At his own pace,
    Each went to fill his separate place.

If we should meet one day,
    If both should not forget,
We shall clasp hands the accustomed way,
    As when we met
    So long ago, as I remember yet.