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Carr's Canzonetts

Song Cycle by Benjamin Carr (1769 - 1831)

?. The gondolier  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
    Row gently here,
    My gondolier,
  So softly wake the tide,
    That not an ear, 
    On earth, may hear,
  But hers to whom we glide.
Had Heaven but tongues to speak, as well
  As starry eyes to see,
Oh, think what tales 'twould have to tell
  Of wand'ring youths like me!

    Now rest thee here,
    My gondolier,
  Hush, hush, for up I go,
    To climb yon light
    Balcony's height,
  While thou keep'st watch below.
Ah! did we take for Heaven above
  But half such pains as we
Take, day and night, for woman's love,
  What Angels we should be!

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "Row gently here", subtitle: "Venetian air", appears in National Airs, first published 1822

See other settings of this text.

See also Marceline Desbordes-Valmore's Barcarolle imitée de Thomas Moore.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 99
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