Journey of Life (John Henry Rheem)

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• (Posted 2023-12-01)  CPDL #77762:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 313 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Journey of Life
Composer: John Henry Rheem
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 J. C. Crandall
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Original text and translations

English text

See the pretty rivulet come tripping down the hill,
On its way to help the brooklet turn the busy mill,
And whene’er that work is done it glides along so free,
Till it joins the river on its journey to the sea,
Pretty rivulet,
Working brooklet,
Sturdy river,
Foaming sea.

Oh, how much like childhood, as it prattles on its way,
Till it comes to boyhood, mixing labor with its play,
Then to sturdy manhood, as he joins the busy throng,
Adding to the sea of life until his work is done,
Prat’ling childhood,
Merry boyhood,
Sturdy manhood,
Grey old age.