David Cozy:

>I wonder if anyone would be so kind as to tell me what texts Britten used
>in his Spring Symphony.

"Shine out" - Anon (16th cent.)
The Merry Cuckoo - Spencer
Spring, the Sweet Spring - Nashe
When as the Rye (The Diving Boy) - Peele/Clare
Now the Bright Morning Star - Milton
Welcome, Maids of Honour - Herrick
Waters Above -Vaughan
Out on the Lawn I Lie in Bed - Auden
When Will My May Come - Barnefield
Fair and Fair - Peele
Sound of the Flute - Blake
London, to Thee I Do Present  (The Knight of the Burning Pestle) -
Beaumont & Fletcher

Jim Tobin