Blow, gentle breeze (Josiah Booth)

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• (Posted 2023-09-26)  CPDL #75752:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-26).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 707 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Blow, gentle breeze
Composer: Josiah Booth
Lyricist: Edward Oxenford
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1890 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

Blow, blow, thou gentle breeze,
Over the flow’ry lea!
Blow, soft and low,
Whisp’ring melody!

All the blossoms wait thy kiss,
Ere their beauties they unfold;
Surely thou wilt grant them this?
Dearer than a gift of gold!

Blow, blow, thou gentle breeze,
Over the meadows blow,
Whispering ’mid the trembling trees
Music sweet and low!

Blow, blow, thou gentle breeze,
Over the mountain crest!
Blow, soft and low,
Fair from the golden west!

From the sunny lands afar,
Where the scented myrtles grow,
And the groves of citron are,
Gentle breeze, O softly blow!

Blow, blow, thou gentle breeze,
Over the meadows blow,
Whispering ’mid the trembling trees
Music sweet and low!