Catalogue title: 12 Scottish Songs.

Scoring: soprano, tenor, bass, violin, cello, piano (Nos.1-4, 8-12) voice, violin, cello, piano (Nos.5-7).

Composed: 1815-19.

Individual item 3 from the... Read more

Catalogue title: 12 Scottish Songs.

Scoring: soprano, tenor, bass, violin, cello, piano (Nos.1-4, 8-12) voice, violin, cello, piano (Nos.5-7).

Composed: 1815-19.

Individual item 3 from the corresponding collection, not the complete set.

Item in the set: Up! Quit thy bower. Allegretto spiritoso (G major).

Sung text (original language):
Up! Quit thy bower, late wears the
hour,
Long have the rooks caw’d round the
tower;
On flower and tree lood hums the bee,
The wilding kid sports merrily.
A day so bright, so fresh, so clear,
Shines sweetly when good fortune’s
near;
A day so bright, so fresh, so clear,
Shines sweetly when good fortune’s
near.
Up! Lady fair, and braid thy hair,
And rouse thee in the breezy air;
The lulling stream, that sooth’d thy
dream,
Is dancing in the sunny beam:
And hours so sweet, so bright, so gay,
Will waft good fortune on its way.
And hours so sweet, so bright, so gay,
Will waft good fortune on its way.
Up! Time will tell, the friar’s bell
Its service sound hath chimed well;
The aged crone keeps house alone,
And reapers to the fields are gone:
The active day so boon, so bright,
May bring good fortune ere the night.
The active day so boon, so bright,
May bring good fortune ere the night.

Joanna Baillie

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