Song of Bacchus

A lovely original work for SATB choir from David Gillingham

Program Notes

How beautiful is youth,
That flees so fleetingly by
Let him be who chases joy
For tomorrow there is no certainty.

Look, oh look, and see their beauty and love.
Look at Bacchus and Ariadne
So beautiful and how much they are in love.
Since deceitful time flees,
They are always happy.

Joyful little satyrs
Of the nymphs enamoured,
In ev'ry cave and glad have set traps by the hundred;
Now, by Bacchus intoxicated,
Dance and leap without end.

Let him be who chases joy,
For tomorrow there is no certainty.

Grade Level: All
Copyright: 2002
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Category: Mixed Choir

Instrumentation

SATB Choir
Rehearsal Piano