12 ME Song(Elizabeth) with Chorus 1902 'Merrie England'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 04 Apr 2003

[Elizabeth:] O peaceful England,
while I my watch am keeping,
Thou, like Minerva
weary of war, art sleeping.
[Chorus:] Weary of war, art sleeping.
[Elizabeth:] Sleep on a little while,
and in thy slumber smile.
While thou art sleeping
I'll be wakeful,
ever wakeful! Ah!
Sword and buckler by thy side,
rest on the shore of battle tide
which, like the ever hungry sea,
howls round this Isle.
O sleep till I awaken thee,
and in thy slumber smile!

England, fair England,
well hast thou earned thy slumber,
yet though thy bosom
no breastplate now encumber.
[Chorus:] No breastplate
now encumber.
[Elizabeth:] Let not thy fingers yield
grasp of thy sword and shield.
Thou shalt awake and wield
Destruction, when I call thee.
Ah! Sword and buckler by thy side,
rest on the shore of battle tide
which, like the ever hungry sea,
howls round this Isle.
O sleep till I awaken thee,
and in thy slumber smile!

[Chorus:] Sword and buckler by thy side,
rest on the shore of battle tide
which, like the ever hungry sea,
howls round this Isle.
O sleep till She awakens thee,
and in thy slumber smile!
[All:] And in thy slumber smile!

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
brass 75
flute
bassoon
clarinet
piano t clef
oboe
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12 ME Song 1902
Music by Sir Edward German
Lyrics by Capt. Basil Hood
copyright MCMII by Chappell and Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 04 April 2003 at 14.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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