The landsman’s song (George J. Webb)
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- (Posted 2024-02-19) CPDL #79188:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-19). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 482 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: The landsman’s song
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist: Bryan Procter
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1847 Wilkins, Carter, & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Oh! who would be bound to the barren Sea,
If he could dwell on Land,–
Where his step is ever both firm and free,
Where flowers arise,
Like sweet girls’ eyes,
And rivulets sing
Like birds in spring?
For me, I will take my stand
On Land, on Land!
For ever and ever on solid Land!
I’ve sailed on the boisterous and roaring Sea,
With an undaunted band:
Yet my village home it more pleaseth me,
With valley so gay
Where maidens stray,
And green grassy mead
Where white flocks feed;–
And so, I will take my stand
On Land, on Land!
For ever and ever on solid Land!
Some wish they might die on the salt, salt Sea!
(Have they been loved on Land?)
And some rave of Ocean in riotous glee,–
Of billows that break
When tempests wake,
And lightnings that flash,
And waves that dash,
But me,– I will take my stand
On Land, on Land!