Historic Sheet Music Collection

Authors

John Thomson

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1838

Comments

The Pirate's Serenade
Sung with great applause by Mr. Horncastle
Composed by J. Thomson of Edinburgh

Boston. Published by Henry Prentiss no.33 Court St.

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Lyrics

My Boat's by the tow'r
My Barque's in the bay
And both must be gone ere the dawning of day
The moon's in her shroud but to guide thee afar
On the deck of the daring's a love lighted star
Then wake lady wake I am waiting for thee
And this night or never by bride thou shalt be
Then wake lady wake I am waiting for thee
And this night or never by bride thou shalt be

Forgive my rough mood unaccustom'd to sue
I woo not perhaps as your land lovers woo
My voice has been tuned to the notes of the gun
That startle the deep when the combat's begun
And heavy and hard is the grasp of that hand
Whose glove has been ever the guard of our band
Then wake lady wake I am waiting for thee
And this night or never my bride thou shalt be

Oh islands there are on the face of the deep
Where the leaves never change and the skies never weep
And there if thou wilt our love bower shall be
When we leave for the green wood our home on the sea
And there thou shalt sing of the deeds that were done
When we loos'd the last blast and the last battle won
Then wake &c.

(A little faster)
Oh haste lady haste for the fair breezes blow
And my ocean bird poises her pinions of snow
Now fast to the lattice these silken cords twine
They are meet for such feet and such fingers as thine
The signal my mates - Ho hurrah for the sea
This night and forever my bride thou shalt be
The signal my mates - Ho hurrah for the sea
This night and forever my bride thou shalt be







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