Merrily over the sea (William Vincent Wallace)

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• (Posted 2023-12-14)  CPDL #78234:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 434 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Merrily over the sea
Composer: William Vincent Wallace
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1878 Oliver Ditson Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Merrily, merrily over the sea,
Cleaving the billows we’re bounding along;
Waking deep echoes with frolic and glee,
Mocking the Syrens with music and song!
We have no fears of the green depths below,
All that we care for as onward we go
Is reaching our homes and hearts that we love.
Oh, merrily, merrily over the sea,
Merrily o’er the bright blue sea,
Now merrily bounding over the sea,
Merrily o’er the sea.

Surging around us the foaming waves curl
White as the spray that is borne on the wind;
Making our track like a pathway of pearl,
Leaving the Seabird far floating behind!
So we to our homes and she to her nest,
Nothing can stay us until we find rest,
A haven of love and the loved at our side!
Oh, merrily, merrily over the sea,
Merrily o’er the bright blue sea,
Now merrily bounding over the sea,
Merrily o’er the sea.