From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I
Composer | George Frideric Handel |
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Key | B flat major |
Meter | 4/4 |
Tempo | Andante |
Structure | Da capo |
Length | 72 measures |
English text |
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Chorus |
Oh, the pleasure of the plains! |
Happy nymphs and happy swains, |
Harmless, merry, free and gay, |
Dance and sport the hours away. |
For us the zephyr blows, |
For us distills the dew, |
For us unfolds the rose, |
And flow’rs display their hue. |
For us the winters rain, |
For us the summers shine, |
Spring swells for us the grain, |
And autumn bleeds the wine. |
Oh, the pleasure… da capo. | Opera Stanford |