Lyrics
(Edvard Grieg)
Come out, snow-white lambkin,
Come out, calf and cow.
Come puss*, with your kitten,
The sun’s shining now.
Come out, yellow duckling,
Come out, downy chickling,
That scarcely can sprawl,
Come out at my call!
Come pigeons a-cooing,
Fly out for your wooing!
The dew’s on the grass,
Come out ere it pass!
For soon, too soon
The summer, it passes
And call, but autumn
Behold him!
*You could substitute “cat”
See also
- Subjects: fall (autumn) / animals / Edvard Grieg (Peer Gynt)
- Melody: tonic triad / dominant triad
- Meter: 3/4
- Rhythm:
- Scale: major
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
