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Crossing the Bar

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Written as a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1889, Crossing the Bar has been set to music hundreds of times.

 

We use the melody and arrangement that Rani Arbo recorded in 1998.

LYRICS

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Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.

 

When I put out to sea, when I put out to sea.
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.

 

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness or farewell
When I embark.

 

When I embark, when I embark,
And may there be no sadness or farewell
When I embark.

 

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

 

Turns again home, turns again home,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

 

For though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

 

x2: When I have crossed the bar, when I have crossed the bar.
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

 

Tags:

Sad, Farewell, Nature, Death, British, Slow Tempo

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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