Page 177
SPRING.
P. M.
"Let
the
inhabitants
of
the
rock
sing,
let
them
shout
from
the
top
of
the
mountains."-Isa.
42:
11.
Key
of
G
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
scat
-
ter'd
clouds
are
fled
at
last,
The
rain
is
gone,
the
win
-
ter's
past;
The
love
-
ly
The
scat
-
ter'd
clouds
are
fled
at
last,
The
rain
is
gone,
the
win
-
ter's
past;
The
love - ly
The
voice
of
my
be
-
lov
- ed
sounds,While
o'er
the
moun
-
tain
top
he
bounds;
He
flies ex -
The
voice
of
my
be
-
lov
-
ed
sounds,While
o'er
the
moun
-
tain
top
he
bounds;
He
flies
ex
-
ver
-
nal
flowers
ap
-
pear,
The
warb
-
ling
choirs
en
-
chant
our
ear.
Now,
with
sweet
-
ly
pen
-
sive
moan,
ver
-
nal
flowers
ap
-
pear,
The
warb
-
ling
choirs
en
-
chant
our
ear.
Now,
with
sweet
-
ly
pen
-
sive
moan
ult
-
ing,
o'er
the
hills,
And
all
my
soul
with
trans
-
port
fills.
Gent
-
ly
doth
he
chide
my
stay
ing,
or'er
the
hills,
And
all
my
soul
with
trans
-
port
fills.
Gent
-
ly
doth
he
chide
my
stay.
"Spring"
has
been
in
the
Sacred
Harp
since
1844
by
White
and
King.
It
has
also
been
printed
in
several
other
books.
See
"Lute
of
Zion"
by
T.
B.
Woodbury,
1856,
and
recopyrighted
by
Mrs.
M.A.
Woodbury
1881,
page
217.
"Spring"
is
a
lively
melody
and
requires
close
attention
to
render
it
correctly.
It
is
clearly
a
very
old
tune
for
it
was
in
use
in
the
early
part
of
the
Nineteenth
Century
and
perhaps
long
before
this.
Some
claim
it
is
of
English
origin.
None
of
the
books
give
the
author
of
the
words
or
mu,ic.
See
"Columbian
Harmony"
by
Swann,
page
170-.
Judging
from
the
words
it
was
written
in
the
Spring
by
some
one
who
lived
in
a
section
where
rainy
seasons
came
during
the
winter.