by Joanna Baillie (1762 - 1851)
His boat comes on the sunny tide
Language: English
His boat comes on the sunny tide, And brightly gleams the flashing oar; The boatmen carol by his side, And blithely near the welcome shore, How softly Shannon's currents flow! His shadow in the stream I see; The very waters seem to know Dear is the freight they bear to me. His eager bound, his hasty tread, His well-known voice I'll shortly hear; And oh, those arms so kindly spread! That greetings smile! That manly tear! In other lands, when far away, My love with hope did never twain; It saw him thus, both night and day, To Shannon's banks return'd again.
Text Authorship:
- by Joanna Baillie (1762 - 1851), "His boat comes on the sunny tide" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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), "His boat comes on the sunny tide", WoO. 152 (25 irische Lieder) no. 7, G. 223 no. 7 (1810/3) [ voice, violin, violoncello, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Es kommt sein Boot auf sonn'gem Meer"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-10
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Word count: 102