So, it's been long enough, so here's my entry to the Smile! Charity Fundraiser that occurred on Christmas last year!

It's basically an arrangement of a choral work I wrote called "The First Bird O' Spring" which followed the poem of the same name by Henry van Dyke.
Here's the poem, see if you can get an idea of how it fit with the piece:
Winter on Mount Shasta,
April down below;
Golden hours of glowing sun,
Sudden showers of snow!
Under leafless thickets
Early wild-flowers cling;
But, oh, my dear, I'm fain to hear
The first bird o' Spring!

Alders are in tassel,
Maples are in bud;
Waters of the blue McCloud
Shout in joyful flood;
Through the giant pine-trees
Flutters many a wing;
But, oh, my dear, I long to hear
The first bird o' Spring!

Candle-light and fire-light
Mingle at "the Bend;"
'Neath the roof of Bo-hai-pan
Light and shadow blend.
Sweeter than a wood-thrush
A maid begins to sing;
And, oh, my dear, I'm glad to hear
The first bird o' Spring!

The choral piece then repeats one or two of the verses...
You'll notice that I used an opening similar to "Winter's Over," that was deliberate! =P
Also, yes it repeats, why? Because I'm a lazy ass...

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