The Mermaid - Wesley, Samuel Sebastian

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⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 20

CPDL # 78269

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-12-15

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

When the pale moon o’er the waters Casts her rays of quivering light, Old Ocean’s fairy daughters Wake the echoes of the night, While floating on the billows Of the gently heaving deep, Ere upon their coral pillows Their soft eyelids close in sleep. With the music of their singing, Round the deep caves of the bay, And their melody is ringing In the valley far away; For the wild fantastic measure Fills afar the inland dale, The melodious notes of pleasure Hush the pensive nightingale. As the cadence of their voices Fall adown the dying breeze, The sailor lad rejoices At the music of the seas; For they sing of love and gladness In their sweetly sounding strain, They break his spell of sadness, And he dreams of home again.

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