Gentle gales (Ransom H. Randall)

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• (Posted 2023-11-30)  CPDL #77731:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-30).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 427 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Gentle gales
Composer: Ransom H. Randall
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 R. H. Meredith & Co.
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English text

Gently the breeze is sighing,
And gently the zephyr sings,
Bringing perfume the sweetest,
Upon its viewless wings,
Softly the wind harp’s cadence
Still lingers around our homes;
Welcome its silvery music,
Oh, welcome whene’er it comes.

Softly, oh, softly breathing,
Its melody seems to be,
Stronger the cadence swells
And louder it comes to me;
Oh, gently the breeze is sighing,
Its melody lingers near,
While softly and sweetly breathing,
A whisper is all we hear.

Sighing, oh gentle zephyr,
Thus telling a mournful tale,
Stirring the slumbering memory,
Perhaps a wound unveil,
Voices of those departed
Are echoing in my soul,
Singing of joy and gladness
As onward the ages roll.