I got me flowers to strew thy way;
I got me boughs off many a tree.
But thou wast up by break of day,
And brought'st thy sweets along with thee.
The Sun arising in the East,
Though he give light, and the East perfume,
If they should offer to contest
With thy arising, they presume.
Can there be any day but this,
Though many suns to shine endeavor?
We count three hundred, but we miss.
There is but one, and that one ever.
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Contents:
1. Musica est Dei Donum Optimi, Orland di Lasso (four groups at the
four corners of the body of the church since it's a 4-part round)
2. For the Beauty of the Earth, John Rutter
3. Hail Mary, Thomas George
4. Notre Pere, Maurice Durufle
5. Lied, Eugene Bozza (instrumental)
6. Badinage, Eugene Bozza (instrumental)
7-10. Wedding Cantata, Daniel Pinkham
7. I. Rise Up, My Love.
8. II. Many Waters
9. III. Awake, O North Wind
10. IV. Epilogue: Set Me as a Seal
11. Gigue, G.P.Telemann (instrumental)
12. Luci care, luci belle, W.A.Mozart
13-17. Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams
13. No. 1: Easter
14. No. 2: I got me flowers
15. No. 3: Love bade me welcome
16. No. 4: The Call
17. No. 5: Antiphon
18. Hallelujah, Beethoven
19. He's got the whole world, arr. Alice Parker
20. Ain' a that good news, William L. Dawson