Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain - Stanford, Charles Villiers

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"AIR: LONDONDERRY<br> Commissioned for use by school choirs in the U.S., this Irish folksong setting was never published in the UK and was unknown to scholars for nearly a century."

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Folksongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 79569

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2024-03-17

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

O might a maid confess her secret longing To one who dearly loves, but may not speak! Alas! I had not hidden to thy wronging A bleeding heart beneath a smiling cheek; I had not stemmed my bitter tears from starting, And thou had’st learned my bosom’s dear distress, And half the pain, the cruel pain of parting, Had passed, Cucullin, in thy fond caress. But go! Connacia’s hostile trumpets call thee, Thy chariot mount and ride the ridge of war, And prove whatever feat of arms befall thee, The hope and pride of Emer of Lismore; Ah, then return, my hero, girt with glory, To knit my virgin heart so near to thine, That all who seek thy name in Erin’s story Shall find its loving letters linked with mine.