(Song begins at 0:56)
Old Latin carol, "Tempus Adest Floridum"
English translation: Oxford Book of Carols
Traditional melody (same as "Good King Wenceslas")
Rise Up Singing chapter: Outdoors, p.152
D - GA D / / DA BmD GA D
DA BmA DA G D
Spring has now unwrapped her flowers, day is fast reviving
Life in all her growing powers toward the light is striving
Gone the iron touch of cold, winter time and frost time
Seedlings working through the mold now make up for lost time
Herb and plant that winter long slumbered at their leisure
Now bestirring green and strong, find in growth their pleasure
All the world with beauty fills, gold the green enhancing
Flowers make glee among the hills and set the meadows dancing
Through each wonder of fair days God herself expresses
Beauty follows all her ways as the world she blesses
So as she renews the earth, artist without rival
In her grace of glad new birth, we must seek revival
I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
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