The Brook’s Lullaby (Carl Gottlieb Reissiger)
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- (Posted 2023-11-05) CPDL #76967:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-05). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 407 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Brook’s Lullaby
Composer: Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
Arranger: Horace Estabrook Kimball
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1869 Root & Cady
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Original text and translations
English text
Weary wanderer, repose,
Thy sad eyelids close,
For this is thy home, thou shalt dwell with me;
In thy bed so deep
Calm shalt thou sleep,
Till my stream’s quaffed dry by the foaming sea.
Mossy pillows are spread,
Come and rest thy head
In my chamber blue with its crystal clear;
Tiny wavelets, roll
And lull his soul,
Gentle waves to rock him. Oh, quick come here.
None thy slumbers shall break
Until all shall wake,
In thy sleep thou wilt lose both thy grief and joy,
Now the moon shines bright
Through mists of night,
And how broad above us is spread the sky!
Lullaby, lullaby.