Come where the bright waters play (Frank M. Davis)

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• (Posted 2023-10-10)  CPDL #76187:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-10).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 503 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Come where the bright waters play
Composer: Frank M. Davis
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1894 J. F. King
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Original text and translations

English text

Come away! Come away!
Come where the bright waters play.
Come away! Come away!
Come at the close of the day.

We’ll launch our boat upon the tide,
Bidding adieu to the shore.
We’ll wake the echoes with a song,
Gliding the still waters o’er,
We’ll bid farewell to toil and care
Joy and mirth shall reign.
Forget the discord and the strife,
Wake a cheerful strain;
Away, away, our boat shall glide
Far o’er the bright and silvery tide.

The lake is tinged with glint of gold,
From the last beams of the sun.
We’ll watch each bright expiring ray,
Glad that the long day is done.
The whippoorwill in plaintive notes,
Tells that summer’s night,
The winter drear has passed away,
Gone without a sigh.
Away, away, our boat shall glide
Far o’er the bright and silvery tide.

Frank M. Davis