Whether kissed by sunbeams (John Liptrot Hatton)

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• (Posted 2023-10-25)  CPDL #76652:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 362 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2019-09-09)  CPDL #55305:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-09-09).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Whether kissed by sunbeams
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Bartholomew Sparrow Montgomery

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1873 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 6, no. 203
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Original text and translations

English text

1  The bright blue waves are dancing
Beneath the smiling sky;
And o'er the waters glancing,
The seabirds soaring high!
Oh! mark the billows leaping,
To greet the smiling shore,
Then backward wildly sweeping,
Unto the main once more!
But whether kissed by sunbeams,
Or lashed by stormy wind;
Still on the free, the foaming sea,
A joyous home we find!

2  The dark wild waves are roaring
Beneath the frowning sky;
And o'er the waters roaring,
The storm-king floats on high!
Oh! mark the billows leaping,
In thunder on the shore,
Then backward wildly sweeping,
With hoarse and angry roar!
But whether kissed by sunbeams,
Or lashed by stormy wind;
Still on the free, the foaming sea,
A joyous home we find!