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Corinna
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Corinna by Ethel Mary Boyce — Lyrics
Get up, get up for shame! the blooming morn
Upon her wings presents the god unshorn.
See how Aurora throws her fair
Freshquilted colours through the air:
Get up, sweet slugabed, and see
The dewbespangling herb and tree.
Each flower has wept, and bowed toward the east,
Above an hour since; yet you are not drest,
Nay! not so much as out of bed?
When all the Birds have matins said,
And sung their thankful hymns: 'tis sin,
Nay, profanation to keep in:
Then sin no more, as we have done, by staying;
Come, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying.
Come, let us go, while we are in our prime;
And take the harmless folly of the time.
We shall grow old apace, and die
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About Corinna
This charming SSA setting of Corinna, Corinna, Awake! captures the joyful spirit of a May morning. The text, an invitation to shake off slumber and embrace the day's delights, paints a vivid picture of nature awakening. Flowers have bowed to the east, birds have sung their matins, and yet the 'sweet slug-a-bed' remains in bed. The composer, Ethel Mary Boyce, sets this lively poem with a setting that perfectly reflects the poem's urging to 'come, let's go a-Maying' and seize the fleeting hours before age arrives. Boyce's setting is a delightful exploration of the text's themes of youth, nature, and seizing the moment.
