The boat of my lover (Craik, set by W. Watts) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


O boat of my lover, go softly, go safely;
     O boat of my lover, that bears him from me!
From the homes of the clachan, from the burn singing sweetly,
     From the loch and the mountain, that he'll never more see.

O boat of my lover, go softly, go safely;
     Thou bearest my soul with thee over the tide.
I said not a word, but my heart it was breaking,
     For life is so short, and the ocean so wide.

O boat of my lover, go softly, go safely;
     Though the dear voice is silent, the kind hand is gone:
But oh, love me, my lover! and I'll live till I find thee;
     Till our parting is over, and our dark days are done.

First published in Littell's Living Age, Volume 128, Issue 1653

Authorship

Dinah Maria Craik, née Mulock (1826-1887)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Wintter Watts (1884-1962)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-26.

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