The River’s Song (Jacob Franklin King)

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(Posted 2023-11-06) CPDL #76987:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-06). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 496 kB Copyright: Personal

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Title: The River’s Song
Composer: Jacob Franklin King
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1901 J. F. King, publisher
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Original text and translations

English text

Far away, far away,
In the sunny meadows,
Hear it now, hear it now,
’Tis the river’s song;
Dipping, tripping, dashing, flashing,
Thro’ the merry shadows,
Beautiful and musical
It glides along.

Long ago, long ago,
Sported there sweet childhood;
Hear it now, hear it now,
Shouting o’er the wave;
Quaffing, laughing, singing, springing,
Thro’ the tangled wildwood,
O’er the ripple bending, each
Young brow to lave.

Onward still, onward still,
Is the river gliding
To the sea, to the sea,
Like the stream of time;
Surging, urging, swelling, telling,
There is no delaying,
Murmuring of ocean in
A stream sublime.