The homeward watch (Henry Thomas Smart)

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• (Posted 2022-02-05)  CPDL #67905:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-02-05).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 144 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: The homeward watch
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Lyricist: William Cox Bennett
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1878 The Orpheus no.3
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

The sailor the deck is pacing,
And he hums a rough old song,
Bearing north from its southern whaling,
As the good ship drives along;
And his thoughts with hope are swelling,
For his watch it well may cheer.
To know that at last he speeds to her
He has left for many a year.

And she in the darkened chamber
Where day is turned to night,
By the candle dimly lighted
She lies in her shroud of white;
Closed eye and cold, cold cheek
The slumber of death sleeps she,
Of meeting with whom he's dreaming,
In his homeward watch at sea.