Seven English Popular Songs/Canadian Boat Song
For other versions of this work, see A Canadian Boat Song.
CANADIAN BOAT SONG.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime,Our voices keep tune, and our oars beat time; Soon as the woods on shore look dim,We'll cheerfully sing our parting hymn.Row, brothers, row; the stream runs fast,The Rapid's are near, and the daylight's past.
Why should we yet our sail unfurl?There is not a breath the blue wave to curl;But when the wind blows off the shore,Oh! sweetly we'll rest upon our oar.Blow, breezes, blow; the stream runs fast,The Rapid's are near, and the daylight's past.