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O COME, MAIDENS, COME!
BOAT SONG.
O come, maidens, come o'er the blue rolling wave,
The lovely should still be the care of the brave.
The lovely should still be the care of the brave.
CHORUS.
Trancadillo, Trancadillo, Trancadillo, dillo, dillo, dillo,With moon-light, and star-light, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, the billow, billow, billow, billow,
With moon-light, and star-light, we'll bound o'er the billow.
The moon 'neath yon cloud hid her silvery light—
Ye are come—like our fond hopes she glows in your sight.
Ye are come—like our fond hopes she glows in your sight.
Trancadillo, Trancadillo, &c.
With moon-light, and love-light, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With moon-light, and love-light, we'll bound o'er the billow.
With moon-light, and love-light, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With moon-light, and love-light, we'll bound o'er the billow.
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Wake the chorus of song, and our oars shall keep time,
While our hearts gently beat to the musical chime.
While our hearts gently beat to the musical chime.
Trancadillo, Trancadillo, &c.
With oar-beat, and heart-beat, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With oar-beat, and heart-beat, we'll bound o'er the billow.
With oar-beat, and heart-beat, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With oar-beat, and heart-beat, we'll bound o'er the billow.
As the waves gently heave under zephyr's soft sighs,
So the waves of our hearts, neath the glance of your eyes.
So the waves of our hearts, neath the glance of your eyes.
Trancadillo, Trancadillo, &c.
With eye-beam, and heart-beam, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With eye-beam, and heart-beam, we'll bound o'er the billow.
With eye-beam, and heart-beam, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With eye-beam, and heart-beam, we'll bound o'er the billow.
See the helmsman looks forth to you beacon-lit isle;
So we shape our hearts' course by the light of your smile!
So we shape our hearts' course by the light of your smile!
Trancadillo, Trancadillo, &c.
With love-light, and smile-light, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With love-light, and smile-light, we'll bound o'er the billow.
With love-light, and smile-light, we'll bound o'er the billow,
Bright billow, gay billow, &c.
With love-light, and smile-light, we'll bound o'er the billow.
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And when on life's ocean we turn our slight prow,
May the light-house of hope beam like this on us now.
May the light-house of hope beam like this on us now.
Life's billow, frail billow, the billow, billow, billow,
With hope-light, the true-light, we'll bound o'er life's billow,
Life's billow, frail billow, &c.
With hope-light, the true light, we'll bound o'er life's billow.
With hope-light, the true-light, we'll bound o'er life's billow,
Life's billow, frail billow, &c.
With hope-light, the true light, we'll bound o'er life's billow.
Sullivan's Island, S. C. 1844.
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