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Song: By shady woods and purling streams, I spend my...

by John Stafford Smith . A Catch for Three voices , in C major
𝄵 (Cut time), Moderato

Text:

By shady woods and purling streams,
I spend my life in pleasing dreams,
and would not for the world be taught
to change my false delightful thought,
for who, alas! can happy be
that does the truth of all things see?

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