Windlass Song (Edward Elgar)

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• (Posted 2023-10-12)  CPDL #76289:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 657 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Windlass Song
Composer: Edward Elgar
Lyricist: William Allingham
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1915 Silver, Burdett, and Company
Description: Commissioned for a collection of part-songs published in the United States for use by school choirs.

Original text and translations

English text

Heave at the windlass! — Heave O, cheerily, men!
Cheerily, men!
Heave all at once, with a will!

The tide quickly making,
Our cordage a-creaking,
The water has put on a frill,
Heave O! Heave O! Heave O! Heave O!

Once in blue water — Heave O, cheerily, men!
Cheerily, men!

Blow it from north or from south;
She’ll stand to it tightly,
And curtsey politely,
And carry a bone in her mouth,
Heave O! Heave O! Heave O! Heave O!

One other turn now! Heave O, cheerily, men!
Cheerily, men!

Heave, and goodbye to the shore!
Our money, how went it?
We shared it and spent it;
Next year we’ll come back with some more,
Heave O! Heave O! Heave O! Heave O!