The old log hut (Thomas Martin Towne)

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• (Posted 2023-12-13)  CPDL #78191:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-13).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 427 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The old log hut
Composer: Thomas Martin Towne
Lyricist: R. Sinclair^{create page}
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

Down by the river our log hut stands,
Where father and mother once dwelt;
And the old door latch that was worn by our hands
And the church wherein prayer we knelt.

Years, years have passed since that happy time,
But the river is rolling along—
And the rippling sound on the mossy bank
Is singing the same old song.

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream;
All that’s past is gone, you know,
The future’s but a dream.

There stands the tree we that used to climb,
The mill with its clatter and din;
And the old wharf boat, over there used to float,
Where the school-boys used to swim.

High grows the grass on the master’s grave
And the river keeps rolling along—
And the birds and bees, and the blooming trees
Are singing the same old song.