friends, I cease." The large orchestra includes triple woodwinds, two harps, and a large percussion section. Each song has its distinctive scoring, ranging from just first and second violins accompanying the tenor (Waters Above!) to full orchestra in the first and last songs. The last movement adds the call of a cow-horn, specifying a G, C, and F. Songs in the Spring Symphony The songs (and authors) in the Spring Symphony are as follows: Part 1 Introduction: Shine Out (Anonymous) (mixed chorus) The Merry Cuckoo (Edmund Spenser) (tenor solo) Spring, the Sweet Spring (Thomas Nashe) (soprano, alto and tenor soli, mixed chorus) The Driving Boy (George Peele, John Clare) (soprano solo and boys' choir) The Morning Star (John Milton) (mixed chorus) Part 2 Welcome, Maids of Honour (Robert Herrick) (alto solo) Waters Above! (Henry Vaughan) (tenor solo) Out on the lawn I Lie in bed (W. H. Auden) (alto solo and mixed chorus) Part 3 When will my May Come? (Richard Barnfield) (tenor solo) Fair and Fair (George Peele) (soprano and tenor soli) Sound the Flute! (William Blake) (male chorus, female chorus and boys' choir) Part 4 Finale: London, to Thee I do Present (Anon, closing words from The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont) (soprano, alto and tenor soli, mixed chorus and boys' choir) See also List of symphonies by name References Compositions by Benjamin Britten Britten Spring Spring Symphony 1949 compositions