From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Key |
F major |
Meter |
3/8 |
Tempo |
Andante |
Structure |
Da capo |
Length |
181 measures |
English text |
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Galatea |
As when the dove |
Laments her love, |
All on the naked spray; |
When he returns, |
No more she mourns, |
But loves the live-long day. |
Billing, cooing, |
Panting, wooing, |
Melting murmurs fill the grove, |
Melting murmurs, lasting love. |
As when… da capo |
Opera Stanford |