The Winter is Gone - Vaughan Williams, Ralph

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⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → Folksongs

♯ Key C minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → TTBB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G2 – A-4

¶ Language → English

Measures 34

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 87954

Editor Andrew Hathaway

Posted 2025-12-30

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Tenor I

G3 – A-4

Tenor II

E-3 – F4

Bass I

B2 – C4

Bass II

G2 – A-3

¶Lyrics / Text

The winter is gone and the summer is come, the meadows are pleasant and gay. Ah, ah, the lark in the morning so sweetly she sings, and sweet smells the blossom of May. Young Johnny the plough boy comes whistling along with his horses, to follow the plough; the black birds and thrushes sing in the green bush, and the dairy maid milking her cow. He took the fair maid by her lily white hand, on the green bushy bank they sat down; then he placèd a kiss on hersweet ruby lips, a tree spread its branches around. It was early next morning he made her his bride, their vows in the church for to pay, so bells they did ring and the bride she did sing, as he crowned her the queen of the May.