O’er Silv’ry Waters (Edward Bunnett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-28)  CPDL #75831:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 480 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: O’er Silv’ry Waters
Composer: Edward Bunnett
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
Description: Six Pastoral Part-songs, No.1

Original text and translations

English text

O’er the silv’ry waters
Let us gently row,
Where the lilies, white and gold,
In their glory grow!
Whilst ’tis early morning,
And the dewdrops gleam.
O, ’tis sweet to float along,
Singing o’er the stream!

Sing the boat-song, hey!
Sing the boat-song, ho!
As o’er the silv’ry waters’ breast
We blithely onward row!

O’er the silv’ry waters,
Now the beams of day
Sink within the distant west,
Let us take our way.
From the leafy woodlands,
From the dusky vales,
Joining us with peerless voice,
Trill the nightingales!