The sands of Dee - Macfarren, George Alexander

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"Poems of Charles Kingsley No. 1"

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key A major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range G2 – A5

¶ Language → English

Measures 64

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments Keyboard or a cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77238

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-13

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C4 – A5

Alto

B3 – B4

Tenor

C3 – F4

Bass

G2 – A3

Accomp. ad lib.

G2 – G#4

¶Lyrics / Text

O Mary, go and call the cattle home, Across the sands of Dee. The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand As far as eye could see; The rolling mist came down and hid the land, And never home came she. Oh, is it weed, or fish, or floating hair, A tress of golden hair, A drowned maiden's hair. Above the nets on sea Was never salmon yet that shone so fair Among the stake on Dee. They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel crawling foam, The cruel hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea. But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home, Across the sands of Dee.