The Elves of Night (John Bunyan Herbert)

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• (Posted 2023-10-26)  CPDL #76720:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 393 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Elves of Night
Composer: John Bunyan Herbert
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1886 Fillmore Bros.
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English text

O’er the dewy green,
By the glowworm’s light,
Dance the elves of night.
Unheard, unseen by the glowworm’s light,
Unheard, unseen, dance the elves of night.
Yet where their midnight pranks have been,
The circled turf will betray tomorrow.