Music Of The Waters - online book
Sailors' Chanties, Songs Of The Sea, Boatmen's, Fishermen's,
Rowing Songs,
& Water Legends with lyrics & sheet music
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236 Music of the Waters. |
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WANDRER'S NACHT-LIED.
German Version.
Ueber alien Gipfeln ist Ruh, In alien Wipfeln spiirest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Voglein schweigen im Walde.
Chorus.
Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch. |
THE WANDERER'S NIGHT SONG.
English Version.
Over each mountain is peace, On each summit stirs there Scarce a breeze ; The birds are silent in the wood.
Chorus.
There only wants, there only wants, That thou, too, shouldst rest. |
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The effect of this beautiful song chanted—for it is more like some grand sacred piece than a song—on the open sea, must be very pleasing. Imagine our Jack tars singing anything even one-half as classical as Schubert's " Wandrer's Nacht-Lied." |
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AUF, IHR BRUDER, LASZT UNS WALLEN. |
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The following is the tune of the " Weinachts-Lied," or " Christmas Carol," that is sung by the German sailors for that festival. It is to be found, amongst many other well-known German songs, in a book published in Hamburg and collected by Dr. Wichern, under the title of " Unsere Lieder." |
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