Words to Smetenta's Vltava / Moldau

The following poems/songs and stories are made available here in the hope that you will enjoy them.

Terms and conditions of use:
The contents of these pages all copyright, Malcolm Cowen. They may be used for private, amateur or charitable purposes for no charge, provided:
1, You drop me an email to keep me informed of any public performance.
2, If I'm able to come, then you offer me a ticket for nowt.

Index

Songs:

Sing to the Lord a glad new Song

Ar Lan y Mor

Jesus we have come to honour

Stories:

Endless Loop

The Night that is Different

Lady of Foxdale (extract)

Daughter of the King (Extract)

To the main theme of Vltava (Moldau) by Smetena

I see the greenclad mountain heights, the dales and the hills,
The steep and noisy rivulets, and joy my heart fills.
The moorlands call me still to them, so empty and free
That's where my faroff youth began, where I long to be.

I long still to be, I long still to be, to be , to be...
(echoing as music fades)

The forests deep in silence green, the meadows of gold
The country that my fathers built through years long untold.
A land that's fair, a land that's rich, its roots deep in time,
Inheritance of those before, this land is now mine.

This land is now mine, this land is now mine, is mine, is mine....
(echoing as music fades)

The city lies around me grey, with haste and with noise.
And all its passions seem to me, like spoilt children's toys.
Now let me rest among the hills, in silence serene.
And beauty fill my soul, here where my heart's ever been

Heart's ever been, heart's ever been, ......
(echoing as music fades)

In rivers clear, in rolling hills, my peace is secure
One with the land, in timeless chain with those who went before
My heritage, my duty to the gift from above
A land to love and hold in trust for ones that I love

The ones that I love, The ones that I love, I love, I love
(echoing as music fades)