The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #19530   Message #2437025
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Sep-08 - 12:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Thou Poor Bird: A lovely, simple round...
Subject: Lyr Add: 'Thou poor bird, mourn'st the tree...'
These lyrics, and the melody, are given in

Seward, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Lowell Mason, and William B. Bradbury. The Temple Choir: A Collection of Sacred and Secular Music, Comprising a Great Variety of Tunes, Anthems, Glees, Elementary Exercises and Social Songs, Suitable for Use in the Choir, the Singing School, and the Social Circle. New York: Mason Brothers, 1867, page 54, song no. 111:

Thou poor bird, mourn'st the tree,
Where sweetly thou didst warble in thy wanderings free.

[There are lots more rounds in that book.]

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The temple choir a collection of sacred and secular music, comprising a great variety of tunes, anthems, glees, elementary exercises and social songs, suitable for use in the choir, the singing school, and the social circle By Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward, Lowell Mason, William Batchelder Bradbury