When daisies pied - Smith, John Stafford

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"Song from The Winter's Tale."

◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → SSA,TTB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 63615

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-03-22

License CPDL License

¶Lyrics / Text

When daisies pied, and violets blue, And ladysmocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight; The cuckoo then, from tree to tree, Mocks married men; For thus sings he: Cuckoo. O word of fear Unpleasing to a married ear. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, And turtles tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks; The cuckoo then on ev'ry tree Mocks married men; For thus sings he: Cuckoo. O word of fear Unpleasing to a married ear.