Lyr Req: Now All the Woods Are Waking (round)

Subject: Lyr Add: NOW ALL THE WOODS ARE WAKING (round)
From: GUEST,Howard
Date: 03 Sep 13 - 09:13 PM

Now all the woods are waking, the sun is rising high!
Wake up, now! Get up, now! Before the dew is dry!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Sep 13 - 12:14 PM

NOW ALL THE WOODS ARE WAKING is a round. There are no more lyrics beyond what you posted.

It is on the children's album "My Best Friend : Songs to Grow On" by Lisa Monet. You can hear it on Spotify.

Also, it's in at least one songbook: Round the World : Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons by Cheryl Lavender (Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2012)

You can see the music notation in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ijQgz1kIE8.

There is an MP3 file on this page, of some adults singing the round.

If you want more information, try Googling: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Now+all+the+woods+are+waking%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 05 Sep 13 - 03:16 PM

Children should not be taught such nonsense that dew can become dry, for the sole reason that the lyricist could not think of a rhyme for "evaporated", such as:

Now, kids, don't be belated,
the dew's evaporated,
the nightingale has mated,
but oops! that is X-rated!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 05 Sep 13 - 04:06 PM

Hello, Jim. Thanks for finding all those sites! I have made MIDI's of the round, melody and three-part, and I've sent them to Joe for posting here.

Then if somebody makes an ABC of the MIDI's, we'll have both history, lyrics and music for this charming round.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 06 Sep 13 - 05:25 AM

It is best sung in eight voices, at one measure distance.

Subject: Tune Add: NOW ALL THE WOODS ARE WAKING (round)
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 06 Sep 13 - 07:05 AM

At first googling I got the impression that Lisa Monet was the author, which would make her a shameless epigon. At a second glance however, I realized that the round is declared traditional, which makes Lisa Monet a shameless self-promoter but grants some licence to the lyrics and composition.

Here is the ABC:

X:1
T:Now All the Woods are Waking
C:Trad. eight-part round
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:D
A,| D D E "^2." E | F2 G "^3." G | A d c "^4." B | A2 z
w:Now all the woods are wak-ing, the sun is ris-ing high!
"^5." A | d2 A "^6." A | d2 A "^7." G | F F E "^8." E | D2 z :|]
w:Wake up, now! Get up, now! Be-fore the dew is dry!

Does anyone know its age and origin?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 06 Sep 13 - 10:41 AM

I tried to learn more but didn't get anywhere. It occurs in a couple of anthologies, but the sellers don't put publication dates on the anthologies.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: Artful Codger
Date: 06 Sep 13 - 09:18 PM

Here are a couple MIDIs provided by Leeneia.

Now All the Woods (melody): Click to play MIDI (joeweb).

Now All the Woods (parts combined): Click to play MIDI (joeweb).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now all the woods are waking, the sun is
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Sep 13 - 06:00 PM

Thanks!

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE EARLY WORM (round)
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 08 Sep 13 - 09:50 AM

Here's another one, five-part:

X:1
T:The Early Worm
M:C|
L:1/4
K:D
A,| D2 D2 | (C B, A,) "^2." E | F2 G z |\
w:The ear-ly worm,__the ear-ly
(E D E "^3." G | F A B G | A) z c "^4." z | d z z2 | A3 "^5." A | D4| z3|]
w:worm________ gets caught by the bird!