Thursday, August 13, 2026
Birthday Songs
My favorite birthday songs are both by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The first is Sound the Trumpet (performed here by Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, and company), and the second is Now the Night is Chased Away (performed here by Lea Desandres, with Thomas Dunford's Jupiter ensemble).
Lyrics of Sound the Trumpet:
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Lyrics of Sound the Trumpet:
Sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet!Lyrics of Now the Night is Chased Away:
Sound, sound, sound the trumpet till around
You make the list'ning shores rebound.
On the sprightly hautboy play
All the instruments of joy
That skillful numbers can employ,
To celebrate the glories of this day.
Now the Night is chac'd away,
All salute the rising Sun;
'Tis that happy, happy Day,
The Birth-Day of King Oberon.
