Homeward bound (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-27)  CPDL #79300:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-27).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 426 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Homeward bound
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1843 J. H. Wilkins and R. B. Carter
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English text

On! on! thou eagle pinioned bark,
Haste on thy watery way!
Thou’lt meet the tempest wild and dark
For many a weary day.
For many a day and many a night
Thou’lt plough the billow deep,
Or o’er the crested waves, in light
Majestic beauty sweep.

Onward! thou gallant ship! nor fear
The raving tempest’s wrath—
outbrave it all, and boldly steer
Right on thy homeward path!
I long to hear the ocean’s foam
Dash on my native strand;
I long to breathe the gales that come
From my own Father’s land!

I long, oh! how I long to see
The elm-o’er-shadow’d cot;
Of all this clouded world, to me
The only sunny spot.
My home! how sweet the sound! My home!
Scene of my early hours—
Where love, and joy, and pleasure bloom,
Life’s bright perennial flowers.