The Gondoliers (Ettore Fiori)

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• (Posted 2023-10-16)  CPDL #76360:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-16).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 712 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Gondoliers
Composer: Ettore Fiori
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1870 R. W. Ollivier
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Original text and translations

English text

O’er the waters calmly flowing,
Row, ah row, O Gondolier!
Evening breezes, gently blowing,
Speed thy bark, on her career.

Crystal floods reflect the radiance
Of the sunset’s glow above,
Now with sweet melodious cadence.
Sing thy song of prosperous love!

Sing, sing gaily, homeward steering,
Sing, ah sing thy joyous song!
Now the hill-crowned shore thou’rt nearing,
Where for thee, thy loved ones long.

Kisses come with perfumed fragrance,
Wafted from yon citron grove,
Greet them with melodious cadence.
Sing thy song of prosperous love!