Drake's Drum, Op. 91:1 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
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- (Posted 2017-07-27) CPDL #45685:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-07-27). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 126 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Baritone solo, with TBB chorus and piano accompaniment.
- (Posted 2003-04-23) CPDL #04837: (Finale 2003)
- Editor: Oliver Barton (submitted 2003-04-23). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 220 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Choral score, no accompaniment. TTB chorus. Also contains no.4, Homeward bound.
General Information
Title: Drake's Drum
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Lyricist: Henry Newbolt
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TBB, and Solo Baritone
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1904
Description: No. 1 from 'Songs of the Sea'.
External websites:
- Drake's Drum at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Original text and translations
English text
Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come,
(Captain, art thou sleeping there below?),
Slung atween the round shot, listenin' for the drum,
And dreaming all the time of Plymouth Hoe.
Call him on the deep sea, call him up the Sound,
Call him when ye sail to meet the foe;
Where the old trade's plying and the old flag flying,
They shall find him, ware and waking, as they found him long ago.