The way is long and dreary (Arthur Sullivan)

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• CPDL #21991:  Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-07-21).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #03503: 

Editor: Paul Howarth (submitted 2002-04-07).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 507 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: From the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive.

General Information

Title: The way is long and dreary
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Lyricist: Adelaide A. Procter^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1871

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Original text and translations

English text

The way is long and dreary,
The path is bleak and bare;
Our feet are worn and weary,
But we will not despair;
More heavy was Thy burden,
More desolate Thy way,

O Lamb of God, who takest
The sin of the world away,
Have mercy upon us.

The snows lie thick around us,
In the dark and gloomy night;
And the tempest wails above us,
And the stars have hid their light;
But blacker was the darkness
Round Calvary's Cross that day,

O Lamb of God, who takest
The sin of the world away,
Have mercy upon us.

Our hearts are faint with sorrow,
Heavy and sad to bear;
For we dread the bitter morrow,
But we will not despair;
Thou knowest all our anguish,
And Thou wilt bid it cease;

O Lamb of God, who takest
The sin of the world away,
Give us Thy peace.