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Flora and Forester
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Flora and Forester by John H. Hewitt — Lyrics
FLORA
Cheerily thy bugle sounds,
When home returning o’er the lake;
Merrily my bosom bounds,
As each clear swell bids echo wake.
FORESTER
Joyously I wind the note,
To tell thee that thy hunter’s near;
Merrily I speed my boat
Towards the place by thee made dear.
FORESTER AND CHORUS
Flora, for thee, thee only,
These mountain wilds are sweet to me;
Each crag and valley lonely,
Is blest because ’tis loved by thee.
CHORUS
Sound the merry, merry mountain horn,
At evening’s close, at morning’s early dawn.
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About Flora and Forester
This charming SATB partsong paints a romantic scene of a forester returning to his Flora. The text expresses their mutual joy and affection, with the forester's bugle call signaling his approach and Flora's heart bounding in response. The wilderness itself becomes sweet and blessed because it is loved by Flora, a sentiment echoed by the chorus's call to sound the mountain horn at dawn and dusk. Hewitt's music, set to this English secular text, likely captures the cheerful and affectionate mood of the lovers' reunion.
