We Must Down to the Sea Again

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I must go down to the seas again, to the...

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I must go down to the seas once more, to the alone bounding main and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's boot and the wind'south song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea'due south face and a gray dawn breaking.  I must go down to the seas once more, for the call of the running tide Is a wild telephone call and a articulate telephone call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume and the seagulls crying.  I must go downwards to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the dupe'due south way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I inquire is a merry [yarn]i              from a laughing young man-rover, And placidity slumber and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

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Notation: beginning published in Speaker (Feb. 1902)
¹ Republic of ireland: "tale"

Authorship:

• past John Masefield (1878 - 1967), "Ocean-Fever", appears in Common salt Water Ballads, first published 1902[writer's text checked 1 time confronting a chief source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other song works prepare to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Marking Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Sea-Fever", published <<1940. [ sung text non yet checked against a primary source]
• by Christopher Ball , "Sea fever" [vox and pianoforte], from his oboe concerto [ sung text non however checked confronting a master source]
• by Marshall H. Barnes (b. 1921), "I must go down to the seas again" [satb chorus and orchestra], from Salt Water Ballads [ sung text not yet checked against a principal source]
• by Charles Griffith Bratt (1914 - 1983), "Sea-Fever" [baritone and piano] [ sung text not withal checked against a primary source]
• past Flora Bullock , "Sea-Fever", published <<1940. [ sung text not yet checked confronting a primary source]
• by Robert Coningsby Clarke (1879 - 1934), "Body of water-Fever", published 1919 [vocalization and piano], from Songs of a Rover [ sung text not withal checked against a principal source]
• by Dawn C. Crawford (b. 1919), "Bounding main-Fever", 1942. [baritone and piano] [ sung text not all the same checked against a chief source]
• past John Hopkins Densmore (1880 - 1943), "I must get downward to the seas again", published <<1940. [ sung text not yet checked against a master source]
• by Joseph T. Enos (b. 1911), "Sea-Fever", published <<1957. [tenor and pianoforte] [ sung text not withal checked against a primary source]
• by Richard Bruce Faith (b. 1926), "Sea-Fever" [ sung text not yet checked against a master source]
• by Elizabeth Gest , "Downward to the sea", published 1927. [phonation and piano] [ sung text non nonetheless checked confronting a primary source]
• by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Body of water-Fever", published 1915. [medium vocalism or unison chorus and piano] [ sung text checked ane time]
• by John Adams Loud (d. 1935?), "Body of water-Fever", published 1924. [voice and piano] [ sung text not nonetheless checked against a master source]
• by Raymond Earle Mitchell (1895 - 1967), "I must go down to the seas again", published <<1940. [ sung text not withal checked confronting a primary source]
• by Jason Rico (b. 1978), "Body of water-Fever" [voice and viola] [ sung text non withal checked against a primary source]
• by Tom Vernon Ritchie (b. 1922), "Sea-Fever" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a master source]
• past James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Ocean-Fever", published <<1940. [ sung text non yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wallace Arthur Sabin (1869 - 1937), "Bounding main-Fever", published <<1929. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked confronting a chief source]
• past Scull , "Sea-Fever" [unison chorus and piano], notation: may be a different text [ sung text not yet checked against a chief source]
• by Bryceson Treharne (1879 - 1948), "Sea-Fever", published <<1940. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Researcher for this text: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website betwixt May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Discussion count: 161

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