Eldorado (Ciro Pinsuti)

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• (Posted 2023-11-28)  CPDL #77660:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 498 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Eldorado
Composer: Ciro Pinsuti
Lyricist: Frederic Edward Weatherly
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, minor divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English 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!