High over the breakers (Arthur Somervell)

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• (Posted 2023-12-10)  CPDL #78042:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-10).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 493 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: High over the breakers
Composer: Arthur Somervell
Lyricist: Sydney Thompson Dobell
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1903 Boosey & Co.
Description: Quartet from “Wind Flowers”

Original text and translations

English text

High over the breakers,
Low under the lee,
Sing ho!
The billow
And the lash of the rolling sea.

Boat, boat, to the billow,
Boat, boat, to the lee,
Love, on thy pillow,
Art thou dreaming of me?

Billow, billow, breaking,
Land us low on the lee!
For sleeping or waking,
Sweet love, I’m coming to thee.

High over the breakers,
Low under the lee,
Sing ho!
The billow,
That brings me back to thee!