Court Odes: How does the new-born infant year rejoice?
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incipit (first line(s), normalized): How does the new-born infant year rejoice?
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the item's genre (general): ode
the item's genre (specific): New Year’s Day
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for which the work was first destined:		 English court
the work's year (or focal date, if known): 1685
author of the text: [poet unknown]
composer of the music: John Blow
Number of texts stored: 1  
  • Selected text (below): #312 / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33287, ff. 63-69
    special title: ‘A New years Song. January, the first 1684/5 Dr. Blow How does the New born &c.’
 Selected text (#312) / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33287, ff. 63-69  
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(short title, or library & shelfmark):		 GB-Lbl Add. 33287
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special title (if any): A New years Song. January, the first 1684/5 Dr. Blow How does the New born &c.
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about this transcription: Transcribed by Estelle Murphy, July 2023. Line-initial capitalisation editorial.
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A New years Song. January, the first 1684/5 Dr. Blow
How does the New born &c.

Overture

Verse two Voices
How does the New born Infant Year Rejoice
In Loyall strains to try its tender voice
Ritor
Cho:
How does the New born Infant Year Rejoice
In Loyall strains to try its tender voice
Ritor

Verse
It sings that guilty days Relent
And Time looks young and Innocent
It sings Great Brittains conscious Foes are fled
By death persu’d for fear of Death struck Dead
It sings that Loyaltys Return’d again
With her bright train
and Charles agen’s Restor’d to Live and Reigne
Ritor

Verse Solus
Nay ev’ry thing great monarch lives a new
Enjoying now a blest repose in you.
Loud Factions wearie’d into Ease
And all seditious murmurs cease
Tumults themselves Dissolve into a peace
And popular tempest past our calm increase
Nay ev’ry thing great monarch lives a new
Enjoying now a blest repose in you.

Cho:
With quiet joy we sit and see
Our danger flee
as it were affrighted [as t’were affrighted]
Mighty Charles by thee
Ritor

Two Voices
So when some sullen Cloud obscures the sun
And hides Day’s brightest gloryes
Flowers sink Down
As if they fear’d the night were nigh
And day as well as light would dye
Ritor

Verse Solus
But when the envious vapour once is gone,
The Sun appears in a far Brighter Throne
Darts with it’s beams life ev’ry way and all things gay
Promise themselves and everlasting day and all things gay
Promise themselves and everlasting day
Ritor

Live God-like Prince Live & adorn the Throne
With peacefull conquests by your conduct won
[Chorus]
Whilst Joyfull years hast Round
To bring still further glorys to our King

[V]erse [3] voc:
Thus may your Reign, Thus may your Life glide on
At last grown weary of your earthly Crown
Crown’d with a Heavenly one (o blest Remove)
Retire with ease into a Throne above (O blest Remove, O blest Remove)
[Ritor]

Cho
Thus may your reign, thus may your life glide on
At last grown weary of your Earthly Crown
Crown’d with a Heavenly one (O blest Remove, O blest Remove)
Retire with ease into a Throne above (O blest Remove, O blest Remove)
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