Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

"Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)" is the fourth and final song of Cadman's Idyls of the South Sea, op. 55 song cycle, with text by Nelle Richmond Eberhart.

Date: 1913Composer: Charles Wakefield CadmanText: Nelle Richmond EberhartSong Collection: Idyls of the South Sea

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Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
by Nelle Richmond Eberhart

Withered is the green palm,
Broken is the bamboo,
Fallen is the strong one;
On the surf at sunset
His canoe rides empty,
His canoe rides empty!

On his grave I lay him
Tamarind and mango;
O’er his grave at midnight,
call I through the darkness.
He hears not my calling,

He hears not my call, my call!

Sheet Music

Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (High Key)

Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

Song(s): 1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

Voice Type: High

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Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (Medium Key)

Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

Song(s): 1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

Voice Type: Medium

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