Song of skaters (Alfred Arthur Graley)

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• (Posted 2024-05-02)  CPDL #80483:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-05-02).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 385 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Song of skaters
Composer: Alfred Arthur Graley
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Unknown

First published: 1874 Taintor Brothers
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

O’er the icebound lake we fly,
Swift as the wind and free;
While the old woods ring as we pass them by
With the shout and the song of glee.
What care we for the driving snow?
What care we tho’ the chill winds blow?
What care we tho’ the sun sinks low?
Fearless and hale are we.

Youthful bloom, and manhood’s prime
Join in the healthful race;
And the maiden comes with her graceful form,
And the smile of her winsome face.
What care we for the wordling’s thrall?
What care we for the banquet hall?
What care we for the midnight ball?
Joys that are brief and base.

Rising now, the full orbed moon
Looks on the gladsome scene;
And the ice-bound lake, and the snow-clad hill
Are arrayed in her silver sheen.
What care we for the drowsy head?
What care we for the downy bed?
What care we tho’ the daylight's fled?
On with the race again.