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This is a MIDI playback of an SATB with piano and oboe setting of the poem “Eldorado” by Edgar Allan Poe (1849) by composer Paul Gilliland. This is part of his American Poets Collection.
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Song Text: ELDORADO
Edgar Allan Poe (1849)
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he greww old —
This knight so bold —
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow —
“Shadow,” said he,
“Where can it be —
This land of Eldorado?”
“Over the mountains
Of the moon,
Down the valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,”
The shade replied, —
“If you seek Eldorado!”
(C) 2020 by Paul Gilliland Music (ASCAP)