River‑Boats
Language: English
Along the quays the riverboats are gliding, On the tide their dark shapes softly riding; They come and go so silently and slow, The hearts that beat, the lives that ebb and flow, Where have they been, those boats? Where will they go?
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Kathleen Lockhart Manning , "River-Boats", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sketches of Paris, no. 1, New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-09-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 43