Revels RiverSing: Two Dragons Dancing Song Sheet

September 28, 2024

Rowing Down the River
by David Coffin, tune by Jack Forbes

Chorus:
Rowing up, rowing down,
From Hopkinton to Charlestown;
You can’t go straight so meander ‘round
To go rowing down the river.



The Water is Wide
by Cecil Sharp

The water is wide, I cannot cross o’er.
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my true love and I.

A ship there is and she sails the seas
She’s laden deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I’m in
And I know not if, I sink or swim.



River
by Bill Staines

Chorus:
River, take me alongIn your sunshine, sing me your song
Ever moving and winding and free
You rolling old river,you changing old river,
Let’s you and me, river, run down to the sea.



Michael Row Your Boat Ashore
Traditional African American Spiritual

Chorus:
Michael row your boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row your boat ashore, hallelujah

Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah

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The River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah
Chills the body, but not the soul, hallelujah

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Jordan River is deep and wide, hallelujah
Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah

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Going Down the Valley
by Jessie Brown Pounds

We are going down the valley one by one,
now the icy dark of winter's reign is done:
We are going down the valley of the spring,
to a kinder land where gentle breezes sing.

Chorus:
We are going down the valley, going down the valley,
going towards the rising of the sun,
We are going down the valley, going down the valley,
going down the valley one by one.

We are going down the valley one by one,
Dawn is breaking and the day has just begun,
We are free of all the terrors of the night,
And ahead of us the eastern sky is bright.

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We are going down the valley one by one,
where the waters of the streams of summer run,
Through the meadows' new green grasses running free,
on the shining season's journey to the sea.

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We are going down the valley one by one,
through the summer's flowers wakened by the sun;
In the brightness of the coming of the day,
and the hope that goes beside us all the way.

 
 
The Farthest Field
by David Dodson

There is a land high on a hill
Where I am going there is a voice that calls to me
The air is sweet the grasses wave
The wind os blowing away up in the farthest field.

Chorus:
Walk with me and we will see the mystery revealed
When one day we wend our way up to the farthest field

The sun will rise, the sun will set
Across the mountains and we will live with beauty there
The fragrant flowers, the days and hours
Will not be counted and peaceful songs will fill the air.

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I know one day I'll leave my home
Here in the valley and climb up to that field so fair
And when I'm called and counted in
The final tally I know that I will see you there.

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Oh, my dear friend I truly love
To hear your voices lifted up in radiant song
Though through the years we all have made
Our separate choices, we've ended here where we belong.

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