The Mermaid’s Song, Hob.XXVIa:25
Music: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) · Words: Anne Hunter (1742–1821)
Now the dancing sunbeams play, On the green
and glassy sea; Come and I will lead the way
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The words
Now the dancing sunbeams play, On the green
and glassy sea; Come and I will lead the way
Where the pearly treasures be.
Come and I will lead the way, Where the pearly
treasures be: where the pearly treasures be,
where the pearly treasures be.
Come with me, and we will go,
Where the rocks of coral grow, of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me, follow,
follow, follow me.
Come with me, and we will go Where the rocks of
coral grow. where the rocks of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me, follow,
follow, follow me.
Come, be- hold what treasures lie Far below
the rolling waves, Riches hid from human eye,
Dimly shine in Ocean's caves.
Ebbing tides bear no delay, Stormy winds are
far away, stormy winds are far away,
stormy winds are far away.
Come with me, and we will go,
Where the rocks of coral grow, of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me, follow,
follow, follow me.
Come with me, and we will go Where the rocks of
coral grow. where the rocks of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me, follow,
follow, follow me.
About this song
- Music
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Anne Hunter (1742–1821) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1886, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:33
- Its source files it as
- 10 Canzonets
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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