Merrily row (John Rogers Thomas)

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• (Posted 2023-12-13)  CPDL #78171:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 368 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Merrily row
Composer: John Rogers Thomas
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca. 1880 Copp, Clark & Co.
Description: BARCAROLE

Original text and translations

English text

The eve is calm, the moon shines bright,
While o’er the stream we row,
And sweetly beam the stars of night
With soft and lustrous glow;
With oar in hand we ply the stream,
And swift we glide along,
While we hear on the distant air the echo of our song!

Merrily row,
Merrily row,
And let our oars keep time,
While o’er the tide
We swiftly glide,
In song our voices chime!

Sweet and cool the breezes blow,
Refreshing o’er the lea,
And lightly o’er the moonlit stream
Our boat she glides so free;
Our voices chime, our oars keep time
To the harmonious strain,
And far we go with steady row,
And then return again!