for Chesterton Choral Society

in the bicentenery of Franck's birth

Spring Canon
words by Franck
Quintus Benziger

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  A     
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When do things start to spring? When does that sea - son be - gin?

 B             
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Per - haps it's set by the moon? Per - haps we'll get it soon?

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 C
It's real - ly Lent when win - ter winds and white are spent,

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 D         
It must be here by March, when leaves a - light on the larch,

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[Intro.

 E        
And when we change the clocks, the ver - nal e - qui - nox.

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 F    
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When has that sea - son sprung? And Si - lent Spring be - gun?

 G              
It's here by Eas - ter Day, When gloom is cast a - way,

 H                
And Ap - ril flowers make bright - est bowers, and Ap - ril showers don't last for hours

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 I    
So ring out blue bells and ring in the Spring.
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