Flow on, thou shining river (Horatio W. Parker)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-22). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 376 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Flow on, thou shining river
Composer: Horatio W. Parker
Lyricist: Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1915 Silver, Burdett and Company
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Original text and translations
English text
“Flow on, thou shining river,”
Flow gaily to the sea;
Flow on in beauty ever,
With all thy melody.
Where has thy gentle current strayed?
Teach all thy joyous tale to me;
Let it flow on through light and shade;
My song shall follow thee.