Hark, Hark The Lark (Thomas Chilcot)
April Cantelo, soprano
English Chamber Orchestra directed by
Raymond Leppard (harpsichord)
Lyrics
Hark! Hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, / And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs / On chalic'd flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin / To ope their golden eyes;
With everything that pretty is, / My lady sweet, arise.
Thomas Chilcot (c1700-1766), English composer and organist.
'Twelve English Songs' - London, 1743
author of text: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 'Cymbeline'
