Tuesday 2 April 2013

Happy Handel, Happy Haydn


Three happy songs, one religious, two secular.

Superb Swedish mezzo-soprano

From Handel's MessiahAnne Sofie Van Otter 

Happy, Happy, Happy Pair (None But the Brave), from Alexander's Feast

Mermaid, by Ella


The Mermaid's Song

Now the dancing sunbeams play
On the green and glassy sea, 
Come, and I will lead the way 
Where the pearly treasures be. 
Come with me, and we will go 
Where the rocks of coral grow.
Follow, follow, follow me. 
Come, behold what treasures lie
Far below the rolling waves,
Riches, hid from human eye,
Dimly shine in ocean's caves. 
Ebbing tides bear no delay, 
Stormy winds are far away.
Come with me, and we will go
Where the rocks of coral grow. 
Follow, follow, follow me.


See also, Alexander's Feast, John Dryden

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