Eldorado - Pinsuti, Ciro

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◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77660

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-28

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

What ho! ye graybeard mariners, Now whither do ye sail? Your hearts are light, the skies are bright, And cheerly blows the gale. “The world is wide,” they laughing said, “The merry world is free; We’re bound for Eldorado, Across the golden sea!” Thou pale and lonely maiden, Upon the ocean strand, Whom seekest thou with patient brow? Why wavest thou thy hand? “The summer comes, the summer dies,” The maiden answered low; “I wait for one who sailed away These many years ago!” Creep home, thou lonely maiden, Creep home and sleep thy sleep; The fondest hearts that ever lived Lie buried in the deep. Come back, ye graybeard mariners, Trust not the tempting gleam, The land of Eldorado Is but a poet’s dream!

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