The Little Boy
Lost & Found
for SATB chorus a cappella (2010)
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Text: English
From Songs of Innocence (1789) by William Blake.
Premiere:
Zefiro Vocal Ensemble
St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
October 5th, 2013
Text:
The Little Boy Lost
“Father! father! where are you going?
O do not walk so fast.
Speak father, speak to your little boy,
Or else I shall be lost.”
The night was dark, no father was there;
The child was wet with dew;
The mire was deep, & the child did weep,
And away the vapour flew.
The Little Boy Found
The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wand’ring light,
Began to cry; but God ever nigh,
Apprear’d like his father in white.
He kissed the child & by the hand led
And to his mother brought,
Who in sorrow pale, thro’ the lonely dale,
Her little boy weeping sought.
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