The Fisherman’s “Good Night” (Henry Rowley Bishop)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-24). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 405 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: The Fisherman’s “Good Night”
Composer: Henry Rowley Bishop
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1864 Novello, Ewer & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Lo! the day’s champion, the golden sun,
His measured course of cloudless blue, hath run;
The seagull screaming, seeks her cliff-built nest,
The moon lifts o’er the deep her silver crest.
Our lovely bark, with kisses soft and light,
Must fly from wave to wave, and bid good night.