Mistletoe (2021) - 2'
for SATB choir, unaccompanied, or
SATB choir and optional piano
COMPOSER'S NOTE
Sung in unison, two, and four-part round, this lively setting of Walter de la Mare’s much loved Christmas poem is sure to delight audiences and singers alike.
THE TEXT
Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.
Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen - and kissed me there.
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)