O swiftly glides the bonny boat
Language: English
O swiftly glides the bonny boat
Just parted from the shore,
And to the fisher's chorus note
Soft moves the dipping oar.
His toils are borne with happy cheer
And ever may they speed,
That feeble age and helpmate dear
And tender bairnies feed.
Refrain
We cast our lines in Largo Bay,
Our nets are floating wide,
Our bonny boat with yielding sway
Rocks lightly in the tide.
Amd happy prove our daily lot
Upon the summer sea,
And blest on land our kindly Cot
Where all our treasures be.
The mermaid on her rock may sing,
The witch may weave her charm,
Nor watersprite nor eldritch thing
The bonny boat can harm.
It safely bears its scaly store
Thro many a storm gale,
While joyful shouts rise from the shore,
Its homeward prow to hail.
Translation(s): GER
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Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "O swiftly glides the bonny boat", op. 108 (25 schottische Lieder mit Begleitung von Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello) no. 19 (1815). [voice, violin, violoncello, piano] [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , title 1: "Wie gleitet schnell das leichte Boot"
Text added to the website: 2004-08-18 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:10
Line count: 25
Word count: 137
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