The moon is beaming o’er the lake (Horatio Richmond Palmer)

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• (Posted 2023-11-26)  CPDL #77586:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-26).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 531 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The moon is beaming o’er the lake
Composer: Horatio Richmond Palmer
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1872 John Church & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The moon is beaming o’er the lake,
Come sail in our light canoe;
Sweet sounds of music we’ll awake
As we glide o’er the waters blue.

In our light canoe, our light canoe, as we merrily row,
Swift over the rippling silver tide,
While free from care, our spirits are
As away o’er the waters we merrily glide.

The moon is beaming o’er the lake,
Come sail in our light canoe;
Sweet sounds of music we’ll awake
As we glide o’er the waters blue.

The vesper bells now softly peal,
From out yonder lonely tower;
Their tones now gently o’er us steal,
Proclaiming the vesper hour.

Sweet sounds now arise to the beautiful skies,
Like one of earth’s sweetest melodies,
Now sad, now sad, now gay, it floats away,
On the soft balmy wings of the light summer breeze.