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The Wedding Ring

from A Winter Rose by Boydell Singers

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Michaelmas Term Concert
Trinity College Chapel
Academic Year 2012/2013

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Words and music by Geoffrey Russell-Smith

They met in the spring when the fields were sown,
And with the corn their love hath grown;
And now the harvest was gathered in,
She exchanged her freedom for a wedding ring. The bride and groom stood side by side,
With guests assembled from far and wide;
Who raised their glasses high in the air
To drink to the happy pair.

The gypsy fiddler began to play
A haunting tune both sad and gay;
A lilting tune that set their feet
All a tap tap tapping to the merry beat.

Lull la la la la la la la la la la....

The happy pair so proudly led
The ancient dance of the newly wed;
And so began the dancing and song
that would last the whole night long.

Now first so slow, so very slow,
the dancers dancing to and fro
Soon stampiing feet make the rafters ring
In the ancient dance of the wedding ring.

The wedding ring, the wedding ring,
We’ll dance to the wedding ring;
And all night long we’ll dance and sing,
yes we’ll dance the dance of the wedding ring.

O what more gay than the sheer delight
Of a wedding dance on a wedding night!
And O how sweet the taste of wine,
And how brightly the candles shine.

We dance to wish them both success,
All health and wealth and happiness.
And may their lives be as bright and gay
As the dance we dance on their wedding day.

How high the young men leap and bound,
their bright boots hardly touch the ground.
While swirling dresses and ribbons fly

As the pretty girls go whirling by.

The higher the men leap in the air
the greater the wealth of the happy pair.
the faster the girls spin round and round,
the more sweet will true love be found.

So come along and let’s join in
And dance the dance of the wedding ring.
Let’s wish them the best that life can bring,
In the dance of the wedding,

We’ll dance the wedding ring. Hey!

Weep No More
Text: adapted from ‘Fairy’s Song’ by John Keats
Composer: David N. Childs

Shed no tear - O shed no tear!
The flow’r will bloom another year.
Weep no more - O weep no more!
Dry your eyes - O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in paradise.
To ease my breast of melodies.
Weep no more.

credits

from A Winter Rose, released July 12, 2012
Composer: Geoffrey Russel-Smith
Conductor: Gráinne Logue
Recording: Rob Kearns

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Founded in 1948, Trinity College Singers is a student-run choral society made up of four choirs; Trinity Singers, Boydell Singers, Trinity Belles, and the Trinitones.

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