'Tis sweet to hear the merry lark - Pointer, John

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⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → 4 ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 4-5)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77698

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-29

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¶Lyrics / Text

’Tis sweet to hear the merry lark, That bids a blithe good-morrow; But sweeter to hark, in the twinkling dark, To the soothing song of sorrow. Oh nightingale! What doth she ail? And is she sad or jolly? For ne’er on earth was sound of mirth So like to melancholy. The merry lark, he soars on high, No worldly thought o’ertakes him; He sings aloud to the clear blue sky, And the daylight that awakes him. As sweet a lay, as loud, as gay, The nightingale is trilling; With feeling bliss, no less than his, Her little heart is thrilling. Yet ever and anon, a sigh Peers through her lavish mirth; For the lark’s bold song is of the sky, And hers is of the earth. By night and day, she tunes her lay, To drive away all sorrow; For bliss, alas! to-night must pass, And woe may come to-morrow.