Outer Cape Chorale Chamber Singers. The Lee Shore. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (3:53)

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The Chamber Singers of the Outer Cape Chorale under the direction of Jon Arterton perform at Wellfleet Preservation Hall. These a capella singers are members of the chorale who perform all over the Cape. Their repertoire includes Classical, Folk, Spiritual, African, and American Standard selections plus much more.

This selection is entitled "The Lee Shore," written by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. These are the lyrics:

Sleet and hail and thunder!

And ye winds that rave

Till the sands thereunder

Tinge the sullen wave.

Winds that like a demon

Howl with horrid note

From his humble dwelling

On the shingly shore;

Sleet and hail and thunder.

From that weeping woman,

Seeking with her cries

Succour superhuman

From the frowning skies.

From the urchin pining

For his father's knee,

From the lattice shining

Drive him out to sea

Let broad leagues dissever

Him from yonder foam!

O God to think man ever

Comes too near his home!

[Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at

AfriClassical.com

,
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma,

www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com

We are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk The Works List provides his entry for The Lee Shore:

The lee shore, for SATB (1911). London: Novello, 1912. 8p. (#45-1231-36). Text: Thomas Hood. Duration: 2m50s. Library: Library of Congress.]

Comment by email:

Thank you as ever Bill and colleagues. We will be trying to get all this invaluable info onto our www.sctf.org website as soon as we can! Very best, Hilary [Hilary Burrage]