Song of the Albatross | Oh, it's aye

by Karl Flaster (1905 - 1965)

Song of the Albatross

Language: English

Oh, it's aye
for the wild sea's rushing roar,
and the billows gray
that pound the shore
For the wild sea foam's my home!

Oh, it's life
to live on the bounding main,
Scud fast and free,
Thru pleasure and pain,
For the wild sea foam's my home!

Oh! the joy
when the white moon's beam
Floats over the water
with silvery gleam,
For the wild sea foam's my home!

When at last
my wild life's done
I'll fly to the west
with the setting sun
For the wild sea foam's my home!

Authorship:

by Karl Flaster (1905 - 1965) [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 Vittorio Giannini (1903 - 1966), "Song of the Albatross", published 1935 [ high voice and piano ], Franco Colombo [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 93