The English girl - Steane, Bruce

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◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 57

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 78091

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-12-12

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – G5

Alto

C4 – B-4

Tenor

F3 – F4

Bass

F2 – C4

Practice only

F2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

She laughs and runs, a cherub thing, And proud is the doting Sire, To see her pull the flowers of spring Or play by the winter fire; Her nut-brown hair falls thick and fair In many a glossy curl, And fleshly sleek is the ruddy cheek Of the infant English girl. The years steal on, and day by day Her native charms expand, Her round face meets the summer ray Like the rose of her own blest land; There's music in her laughing tone, A gold gleam through her curl, And beauty makes her chosen throne On the brow of the English girl. She is standing now a happy bride By the holy altar rail, While the sacred blush of a maiden's pride Gives a tinge to the snowy veil; Her eye of light is a diamond bright, Her innocence the pearl, And these are the richest bridal gems That are worn by the English girl.