Weighing anchor - Macfarren, George Alexander

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"From the cantata ''Outward bound''."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → TTBB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range G2 – C5

¶ Language → English

Measures 52

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments Piano

Pages 5

CPDL # 68033

Editor James Gibb

Posted 2022-02-12

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Tenor I

F3 – E4

Bass I

G2 – C4

Accomp.

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

The anchor that we raise, We waken thoughts of former days, The waves that round us swell Some good old story plainly tell. The lingo that they talk, A landsman's brain would baulk; We know it well; where'er we roam, At sea the sailor ever feels at home. Then heave and ho, sing rumbelow, Yo ho, yo ho, and off we go. We see brave Nelson's shade, And hear the gallant words he said: "My men, your duty do, For England this expects of you;" Trafalgar's noble fight Shall cheer our dreams tonight; We'll spin long yarns of what we've seen, And shout anew "Britannia and our Queen." Then heave and ho, sing rumbelow, Yo ho, yo ho, and off we go.