Albion (Marie Wurm)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-07)  CPDL #66586:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-11-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 113 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: In German translation.
  • (Posted 2021-11-07)  CPDL #66584:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-11-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 112 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Albion
Composer: Marie Wurm
Lyricist: Sarah Grant Franzcreate page
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
Genre: SecularPartsong

Languages: English, German
Instruments: Piano

First published: Novello's Octavo Edition of trios etc. for Female Voices no.236
Description: Dedicated to Miss Elise Cooper

External websites:

Original text and translations

English.png English text

There is an isle, a sweet green isle,
Safe girdled by the sea,
Where plenty reigns and peace doth smile,
And all her sons are free!
I'd rather be a peasant free
In that proud happy land,
Than own a palace that should be
Far from dear Albion's strand!

German.png German translation

Ein Eiland kenn' ich, meerumspült,
Wo meine Wiege stand,
Wo Fülle herrscht un Friede lacht,
Und frei sind Volk und Land,
Ich wollte lieber Bauer sein
Im freien Heimathland,
Als Herr in einem Fürstenschloss,
Das fern von Albion's Strand!

Translation by Margarethe Philipp