by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
The Tempest Overture, Interludes and Incidental Music Matches base text
Language: English
Heigh my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly my hearts; take in the topsail; keep below. To your cabins, to your cabins below. Take in the topsail, down with the top mast. Lower - lower - keep below - Bring her to try with the main course. Lay a-hold, a-hold, a-hold: off to sea again. Lay her off. Heigh, my hearts, cheerly, heigh my hearts. Take in the topsail. Take in the topsail. Quick! Bring her to try with the main course. Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Farewell, my wife and children! Farewell, brother! We split, we split.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "The Tempest Overture, Interludes and Incidental Music"
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, Scene 1
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Word count: 94