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CPDL #25912:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Sibelius 6 
Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2012-04-10).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Oh the sight entrancing
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1901

Description: No 6 of Six Irish Folksongs Op. 78. Originally published by Boosey and Co.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text <poem> Oh, the sight entrancing, When morning's beam is glancing O'er files arrayed With helm and blade, And plumes in the gay wind dancing! When hearts are all high beating, And the trumpet's voice repeating That song whose breath May lead to death, But never to retreating! Oh, the sight entrancing, When morning's beam is glancing O'er files arrayed With helm and blade, And plumes in the gay wind dancing!

Yet 'tis not helm or feather -- For ask yon despot whether His plumed bands Could bring such hands And hearts as ours together. Leave pomps to those who need 'em -- Adorn but Man with Freedom, And proud he braves The gaudiest slaves That crawl where monarchs lead 'em. The sword may pierce the beaver, Stone walls in time may sever; 'Tis heart alone, Worth steel and stone, That keeps men free for ever! Oh, that sight entrancing, When morning's beam is glancing O'er files arrayed With helm and blade, And in freedom's cause advancing!