The Moon Drops Low

"The Moon Drops Low" is the fourth and final song of Cadman's song cycle From the Land of Sky-Blue Water (Four American Indian Songs), Op. 45. The cycle sets traditional melodies of the Omaha tribe and text by poet Nelle Richmond Eberhart.

Date: 1909Composer: Charles Wakefield CadmanText: Nelle Richmond EberhartSong Collection: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

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The Moon Drops Low
by Nelle Richmond Eberhart

The moon drops low that once soared high
As an eagle soars in the morning sky;
And the deep dark lies like a death-web spun
‘Twixt the setting moon and the rising sun.

Our glory sets like the sinking moon;
The Red Man’s race shall be perished soon;
Our feet shall trip where the web is spun,
For no dawn shall be ours, and no rising sun.

Recordings

Dvořák und seine Zeit

(Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Farwell, Edward MacDowell and Charles Ives)

2004

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    Sheet Music

    'Four American Indian Songs,' Op. 45 (High Voice)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
    2. The White Dawn is Stealing
    3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
    4. The Moon Drops Low

    Voice Type: High

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    'Four American Indian Songs,' Op. 45 (Low Voice)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
    2. The White Dawn is Stealing
    3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
    4. The Moon Drops Low

    Voice Type: Low

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