Cooey - 1976

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 12 Mar 2002

Roaming through the bush one day
he saw the pretty maid.
Her eye was bright as sunshine
as soft as evening shade
Her look was sad her gaze was wild
and often did she sigh
And in a silv'ry timid voice
she uttered the wild cry,
And in a silv'ry timid voice
she uttered the wild cry.
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey;
Echo caught the strain,
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey,
It echoed back again.

Stealing from his hiding place
he sought to know her fears,
And why she wandered lonely,
and shed those silent tears,
Alas, in sport the nymph replied,
"My friends I've left behind,
They're Gypsying within the woods
but where I cannot find,
They're Gypsying within the woods
but where I cannot find."
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey;
Echo caught the strain,
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey,
It echoed back again.

Seeking then her missing friends
they rambled as they could,
O'er flow'ry hill and valley,
o'er tangled copse and wood,
And since that day he's blessed the chance
that led the maid to roam,
A trusting heart, a loving wife,
he found within the grove,
A trusting heart, a loving wife,
he found within the grove,
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey;
Love has heard the strain,
Cooey; Cooey; Cooey; Cooey,
It answers back again.

.This is a quirky Australian piece attributed to one Ernesto Spagnoletti and
arranged by Richard Divall, who was the long time Musical Director of
the now defunct Victoria State Opera. (The 2nd and fourth cooeys of each
group are echos and are of lower dynamics) The copy is not brilliant and
the script may be difficult to read. Ian Cousins, Opera Australia.

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Cooey 1976
ed. Richard Divall
attrib. Ernesto Spagnoletti
copyright 1976 by Richard Divall
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed on Tuesday 12 March 2002 at 09.48
in association with Doug Grierson
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