She is far from the land (Michael William Balfe)

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• (Posted 2024-01-15)  CPDL #78770:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-01-15).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 559 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: She is far from the land
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Michael William Balfe
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1859 J. Alfred Novello
Description: AIR: OPEN THE DOOR

Original text and translations

English text

She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,
  And lovers are round her, sighing;
But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps,
  For her heart in his grave is lying.

She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
  Every note which he loved awaking; —
Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains,
  How the heart of the Minstrel is breaking.

He had lived for his love, for his country he died,
  They were all that to life had entwined him;
Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried,
  Nor long will his Love stay behind him.

Oh! make her a grave where the sunbeams rest,
  When they promise a glorious morrow;
They’ll shine o’er her sleep, like a smile from the West,
  From her own loved Island of sorrow.