A wet sheet and a flowing sea (Elizabeth Field Hubbard)

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• (Posted 2023-10-30)  CPDL #76828:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-30).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 665 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: A wet sheet and a flowing sea
Composer: Elizabeth Field Hubbard
Lyricist: Allan Cunningham
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1882 Thomas W. Hubbard
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Original text and translations

English text

A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail
And bends the gallant mast;
And bends the gallant mast, my boys,
While like the eagle free
Away the good ship flies, and leaves
Old England on the lea.

O for a soft and gentle wind!
I heard a fair one cry;
But give to me the snoring breeze
And white waves heaving high;
And white waves heaving high, my lads,
The good ship tight and free—
The world of waters is our home,
And merry men are we.

There’s tempest in yon horned moon,
And lightning in yon cloud;
But hark the music, mariners!
The wind is piping loud;
The wind is piping loud, my boys,
The lightning flashes free—
While the hollow oak our palace is,
Our heritage the sea.