from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional
Dance to your Shadow
Language: English
Dance to your shadow when it’s good to be lively, lass. Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you. Dance to your shadow when it’s fine to be living, lad. Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan. Dance to your shadow when it’s hard to be living, lass. Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you. Dance to your shadow when it’s sore to be living, lad. Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan. Dance to your shadow and let fate play your fiddle now Dance to your shadow when there’s no one you love near you. Dance to your shadow for it’s fine to be living now. Dance to your shadow when there’s nothing better near you. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan. Ho ro haradal, Hind ye haradal, Ho ro haradal, Hind ye han dan.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional [author's text not yet checked 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 Leslie Uyeda , "Dance to your Shadow", 2017 [ satb chorus and piano ], CMC
Publisher: CMC [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-11-11
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Word count: 206