Red Feather 1903 Reginald de Koven

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Oct 2004

Hark! to the sound of galloping feet!
Who is it so madly rides?
On thro' the forest,
over the hill,
swift as the wind he glides;
Whence does he come,
and whither go?
A man or a spectre dread!
Known to the country folk, far and wide,
by his cloak of grey and plume of red,
known by his plume of red;
with bang and slash
and with song and dash,
he'll fight the whole night long;
then mount his steed,
and set his speed, to this defiant song;
With a song, to this song
Red Feather! Red Feather!
O'er the mountain and over the heather
then come my men! We care not whether
win or fall; it's all together.
One is our lot,
never matter what weather,
with gallant Red Feather we ride!

Red Feather rides by light of the moon,
Red Feather rides by day;
comes, like a crimson flash,
out of the dark;
fights, and then rides away;
strikes at the rich, against the strong,
he's waiting their gold to lure,
fights for the right and against the wrong,
with an aim that's deadly swift and sure,
with aim both swift and sure;
where danger's worst,
you will see him first,
while loud his laughter rings,
all thro' the fight, with keen delight,
this is the song he sings;
This he sings; so he sings:
Red Feather! Red Feather!
O'er the mountain and over the heather
then come my men! We care not whether
win or fall; it's all together.
One is our lot,
never matter what weather,
with gallant Red Feather we ride!

He rides, he rides! madly rides!
Yes! with Red Feather ride!
Then ride! Then ride!
Then ride, Red Feather, Ride!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Red Feather 1903
Music by Reginald de Koven
Lyrics Chas. Emerson Cook
from the operatta "Red Feather"
produced by The Ziegfield Opera Company
presenting Grace van Studdifo
© MCMIII by Jos. W. Stern & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 October 2004 at 21.50
in association with Doug Grierson
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