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Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’ by Bernard Covert — Lyrics
Gloomy winter’s now awa’,
Soft the westlin’ breezes blaw;
’Mang the birks o’ Stanelyshaw
The mavis sings fu’ cheerie O.
Sweet the crawflow’r’s early bell Decks
Gleniffer’s dewy dell,
Blooming like thy bonnie sel’,
My young, my artless dearie O.
Come, my lassie, let us stray
O’er Glenkilloch’s sunny brae,
Blithely spend the gowden day
Midst joys that never wearie O.
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About Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’
Bernard Covert’s SATB setting of Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’ opens with an immediate sense of burgeoning spring. The vocal lines entwine to paint a vivid soundscape, mirroring the text’s depiction of winter’s retreat. As the melody unfolds, the choir captures the joy of nature’s renewal and the simple pleasures of a day spent outdoors. The English lyrics celebrate the sights and sounds of the season, from the singing mavis and blooming flowers to the soaring larks and flowing burns. This secular partsong is a charming evocation of the Scottish countryside and the happiness found in its awakening.
