The Cuckoo sings in the poplar tree - Macfarren, George Alexander

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"From the opera ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1864)"

⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77237

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-13

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

The cuckoo sings in the poplar tree, But his carol is not gay; For he knows that spring, like himself’s on the wing, By the ricking of the hay. Little we heed his pensive note, High on the poplar spray; While in the new-mown meadows sweet, In sunshine we make hay. Ha! Ha! poor cuckoo! cuckoo! Old women, tell us, in mournful tone, That our merry days will pass; And that death will soon come and mow us down, Like flowers in the grass. But if so swift the moments fly, Let us drive care away; Better it is to laugh than cry, In sunshine, then, make hay. Ha! ha! poor cuckoo! cuckoo!

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