Boating Song (Horatio Richmond Palmer)

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• (Posted 2023-11-26)  CPDL #77582:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-26).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 400 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Boating Song
Composer: Horatio Richmond Palmer
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1884 Biglow & Main Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Lightly our boat is now gliding along,
gliding along, gliding along;
Stoutly we’re rowing in time with our song,
Rowing in time with our song.
See where the water-flies playfully dance,
playfully dance, playfully dance,
Flitting and mingling in sunshiny glance,
Flitting in sunshiny glance.
Forests and meadows are passing behind,
passing behind, passing behind;
Odors so sweetly are borne on the wind,
Odors are borne on the wind.

Swiftly we dash thro’ the beautiful spray,
beautiful spray, beautiful spray;
While the bright moments are passing away,
Pleasantly passing away.
Joyous the strain which we blithely prolong,
blithely prolong, blithely prolong;
Hillside and valley reecho the song,
Sweetly reecho the song.
Pull away merrily, bend to the oar,
bend to the oar, bend to the oar;
Leaving far distant our home on the shore,
Leaving our home on the shore.