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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}
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My love's an arbutus
By the borders of Lene,
So slender and shapely
In her girdle of green.
And I measure the pleasure
Of her eyes' sapphire sheen
By the blue skies that sparkle
Through the soft branching screen.


My love's an arbutus<br>
But though ruddy the berry
By the borders of Lene,<br>
And snowy the flower
So slender and shapely<br>
That brighten together
In her girdle of green.<br>
The arbutus bower,
And I measure the pleasure<br>
Perfuming and blooming
Of her eyes' sapphire sheen<br>
Through sunshine and shower,
By the blue skies that sparkle<br>
Give me her bright lips
Through the soft branching screen.<br>
And her laugh's pearly dower.
 
But though ruddy the berry<br>
And snowy the flower<br>
That brighten together<br>
The arbutus bower,<br>
Perfuming and blooming<br>
Through sunshine and shower,<br>
Give me her bright lips<br>
And her laugh's pearly dower.<br>
 
Alas, fruit and blossom<br>
Shall lie dead on the lea,<br>
And Time's jealous fingers<br>
Dim your young charms, Machree.<br>
But unranging, unchanging,<br>
You'll still cling to me,<br>
Like the evergreen leaf<br>
To the arbutus tree.<br>


Alas, fruit and blossom
Shall lie dead on the lea,
And Time's jealous fingers
Dim your young charms, Machree.
But unranging, unchanging,
You'll still cling to me,
Like the evergreen leaf
To the arbutus tree.}}


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Editor: Jim Cooke (submitted 2000-02-04).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: score revised April 7, 2004

General Information

Title: My Love's an Arbutus
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Lyricist: Alfred Perceval Graves

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

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My love's an arbutus
By the borders of Lene,
So slender and shapely
In her girdle of green.
And I measure the pleasure
Of her eyes' sapphire sheen
By the blue skies that sparkle
Through the soft branching screen.

But though ruddy the berry
And snowy the flower
That brighten together
The arbutus bower,
Perfuming and blooming
Through sunshine and shower,
Give me her bright lips
And her laugh's pearly dower.

Alas, fruit and blossom
Shall lie dead on the lea,
And Time's jealous fingers
Dim your young charms, Machree.
But unranging, unchanging,
You'll still cling to me,
Like the evergreen leaf
To the arbutus tree.

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