Longing (John Spencer Camp)

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• (Posted 2023-10-02)  CPDL #75942:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-02).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 539 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Longing
Composer: John Spencer Camp
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1918 Theodore Presser Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Soft and sweet, soft and sweet,
Cometh thy voice to me,
Sweet, sweet, to hear thee greet
Loved ones from o’er the sea;
Through the long hours my heart’s awake,
’Mid sweetest flowers deep moan I make,
Come thou! O come to me!
While thy fearful one weeps.

Come to me, come to me,
Joy of my sorrowing heart,
Come, come and be at home,
Never again will we part;
Come from the trenches across the blue sea,
Come to her who’s waiting for thee,
Hasten and come to me,
Come, thy fearful one weeps.