[PW] Fw: Stumper: Very Old Song About Spring

[Shari Haber]

Dear Colleagues:

I am going crazy trying to find the piano/vocal score for a very old 
song (possibly from the 1800s) about Spring. It may be a children's 
folksong song. My patron only remembers one line, but I have found some 
more of the lyrics online from somebody who was also looking for the 
song. Here are the lyrics as he remembers them:

When I open wide my lattice, letting in the laughing breeze da da da da 
da da da da da da da da (chorus) The spring the spring is coming Tis 
goodbye to all the snow yes I know it yes I know it for the swallows 
have come back to tell me so for the swallows have come back to tell me
so da da da da di di da da da da da di di da (chorus) The spring the 
spring is coming Tis goodbye to all the snow yes I know it yes I know it 
for the swallows have come back to tell me so for the swallows have come
back to tell me so Where the rosy sun can see it, each night he goes to 
rest Where the rosy sun can see it, each night he goes to rest da da da 
da di di da da dai da di di
(The da da das denote missing words.)

It may be called "Spring is Coming," but I've already seen plenty of 
songs with that title that are not the song in question. If anybody can 
identify the author and composer of this piece I will be very happy. (I
will be ecstatic if somebody knows where I can find the piano/vocal 
score!) My e-mail address is listed below in case you do not choose to 
go through the listserv.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org
TIA!