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1859

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What Fairy-Like Music
Words by Mrs. C.B. Wilson
J. DePinna

One of sixty-eight pieces bound in “The Shower of Pearls : A collection of the most beautiful duets, for two sopranos, soprano and alto, soprano and tenor, soprano and bass, and tenor and bass, arranged with an accompaniment for the piano-forte.”

Boston. Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington Street

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What fairy like music steals over the sea,
Entrancing the senses with charmed melody.
What fairy like music steals over the sea,
Entrancing the senses with charmed melody?
'Tis the voice of the mermaid, that floats o'er the main,
As she mingles her song with the gondolier's strain.
'Tis the voice o f the mermaid that floats o'er the main,
As she mingles her song with the gondolier's strain.

The winds are all hushed, and the waters at rest,
They sleep like the passions in infancy's breast.
The winds are all hushed, and the waters at rest;
They sleep like the passions in infancy's breast.
Till storms shall unchain them from their dark cave,
And break the repose of the soul and the wave.
Till storms shall unchain them from their dark cave,
And break the repose of the soul and the wave.

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