Song of Apple Trees (Percy Eastman Fletcher)

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• (Posted 2023-10-16)  CPDL #76366:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-16).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 734 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Song of Apple Trees
Composer: Percy Eastman Fletcher
Lyricist: William Sharp
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1924 Novello Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Song of Apple-trees, honeysweet and murmurous,
Where the swallows flash and shimmer as they thrid the foamwhite maze,
Breaths of far-off Avalon are blown to us, come down to us,
Avalon of the Heart’s Desire, Avalon of the Hidden Ways!
Song of Apple-blossom, when the myriad leaves are gleaming
Like undersides of small green waves in foam of shallow seas,
One may dream of Avalon, lie dreaming, dreaming, dreaming,
Till wandering through dim vales of dusk the stars hang in the trees.
Song of Apple-trees, honeysweet and murmurous,
When the night-wind fills the branches with a sound of muffled oars,
Breaths of far-off Avalon are blown to us, come down to us,
Avalon of the Heart’s Desire, Avalon of the Hidden Shores.