We are waiting (Frederic Woodman Root)

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• (Posted 2023-12-04)  CPDL #77828:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 438 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: We are waiting
Composer: Frederic Woodman Root
Lyricist: George Cooper
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1869 Root & Cady
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Original text and translations

English text

Let me smooth from off your forehead
All the marks of burning care
And your weary, weary burden,
Oh, I pray you, let me share!

We are waiting for you, waiting,
And the stars are in the sky;
And the evening hours are slowly,
O, so slowly passing by!

Hasten homeward, hasten darling,
For the night is wearing late.
Happy hour that hears your footstep,
Welcome footsteps at the gate.