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Come, tuneful friends
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Come, tuneful friends by Charles Harford Lloyd — Lyrics
Come, tuneful friends, take heart of grace
To sing a stave with me,
With Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass,
And fourpart harmony.
So let us sing of every thing
That minstrels wont to praise,
Of buoyant youth, and budding spring,
And radiant summer days.
Of the hunter’s horn, that’s heard in the morn,
Of forest, field, and flower,
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About Come, tuneful friends
Charles Harford Lloyd invites singers to join in a celebration of music and the natural world in his SATB partsong, Come, tuneful friends. The English text calls for the gathering of voices – treble, alto, tenor, and bass – to create four-part harmony. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of pastoral scenes, evoking themes of youthful exuberance, the beauty of spring and summer, and the joys of nature. The music is described as mirroring these sentiments, with each voice part given its own character: the trebles soaring high, the altos offering mellow tones, the tenors conveying tenderness, and the basses providing a solid foundation. It is a delightful evocation of communal singing and the pleasures of the seasons.
