Two Stevenson songs

Song Cycle by Carlisle Floyd (b. 1926)

?. Rain  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Anyi Sharma) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Pioggia", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Where go the boats?  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand.

Green leaves a-floating,
Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating -
Where will all come home?

On goes the river
And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
Away down the hill.

Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore.

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  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Dove vanno le barche?", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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