Row gently here (Edmondstoune Duncan)

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• (Posted 2023-10-10)  CPDL #76218:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-10).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 572 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Row gently here
Composer: Edmondstoune Duncan
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1888 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

Row gently here, my gondolier; so softly wake the tide,
That not an ear on earth may hear, but hers to whom we glide.
Had Heaven but tongues to speak, as well as starry eyes to see,
O, think what tales ’t would have to tell of wandering youths like me!

Now rest thee here, my gondolier; hush, hush, for up I go,
To climb yon light balcony’s height, while thou keep’st watch below.
Ah! did we take for heaven above but half such pains as we
Take day and night for woman’s love, what angels we should be!