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by Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)

Blow high, blow low
Language: English 
Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear
The main-mast by the board,
My heart with thoughts of thee, my dear,
And love well stor'd,
Shall brave all danger, scorn all fear,
The roaring winds the raging sea,
In hopes on shore, to be once more
Safe moor'd with thee.

Aloft while mountains high we go,
The whistling winds that scud along
And the surge roaring from below
Shall my signal be, to think on thee,
And this shall be my song:

Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear
The main-mast by the board,
My heart with thoughts of thee, my dear,
And love well stor'd,
Shall brave all danger, scorn all fear,
The roaring winds the raging sea,
In hopes on shore, to be once more
Safe moor'd with thee.

And on that night, when all the crew
The mem'ry of their former lives
O'er flowing cans of flip renew,
And drink their sweethearts and their wives,
I'll heave a sigh, and think on thee,
And as the ship rolls thro' the sea,
The burthen of my song shall be:

Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear
The main-mast by the board,
My heart with thoughts of thee, my dear,
And love well stor'd,
Shall brave all danger, scorn all fear,
The roaring winds the raging sea,
In hopes on shore, to be once more
Safe moor'd with thee.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814), "Blow high, blow low" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814), "Blow high, blow low" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Brian Charles Witkowski

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-27
Line count: 36
Word count: 229

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