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Come away fellow sailors

Opera details:

Opera title:

Dido and Aeneas

Composer:

Henry Purcell

Language:

English

Synopsis:

Dido and Aeneas Synopsis

Libretto:

Dido and Aeneas Libretto

Translation(s):

Deutsch

Aria details:

Type:

aria

Role(s):

Sailer

Voice(s):

Tenor

Act:

3.01

Previous scene: Grove's dance
Next scene: Sailer's dance

Purcell: Come Away Fellow Sailors / Mireille Lebel, Douglas Williams

Singer: Mireille Lebel

'Come Away Fellow Sailors' by Henry Purcell from the opera Dido and Aeneas. With Mireille Lebel, Douglas Williams, Lydia Brotherton and Michael Taylor.

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

FIRST SAILOR
repeated by Chorus
Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing,
Time and tide will admit no delaying.
Take a boozy short leave of your nymphs on the shore,
And silence their mourning
With vows of returning
But never intending to visit them more.

English Libretto or Translation:

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Full English translation Dido and Aeneas

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