Softly and Low (Theodore Wood)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76096:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 364 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Softly and Low
Composer: Theodore Wood
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1885 Oliver Ditson & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Softly and low,
As streamlets flow,
Our sad notes faintly swell;
The heaving breast
That may not rest,
Breathes forth farewell, farewell.

As o’er the deep,
The lone birds sweep,
And on its white foam dwell,
O’er life’s dark sea,
On, on ye flee;
Loved ones, farewell, farewell.

The lone heart
Must widely part
From those it loves full well;
But memory’s gleam,
Shall light life’s dream;
Dear friends, farewell, farewell.

And in yon skies,
Where ne’er shall rise
The fearful parting knell;
Life’s fever past,
We’ll meet at last,
Dear friends, farewell, farewell.