SONG
from Eleven Songs and Two Harmonizations
A sea dirge
text by William Shakespeare
music by C. Ives
C. Ives
A sea dirge
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Fullfˈʊl
fathomfˈæðəm
fivefˈaɪv
thyðˈaɪ
fatherfˈɑːðɐ
lieslˈaɪz
,
Ofˈɒv
hishˈɪz
bonesbˈəʊnz
are
coralkˈɒɹəl
mademˈeɪd
;
Thoseðˈəʊz
are
pearlspˈɜːlz
thatðˈæt
werewˈɜː
hishˈɪz
eyesˈaɪz
:
Nothingnˈʌθɪŋ
ofˈɒv
himhˈɪm
thatðˈæt
dothdˈʌθ
fadefˈeɪd
,
Butbˈʌt
dothdˈʌθ
suffersˈʌfɐ
a
sea-change
Intoˈɪntʊ
somethingsˈʌmθɪŋ
richɹˈɪtʃ
andˈænd
strangestɹˈeɪndʒ
.
Sea-nymphs
hourlyˈaʊəli
ringɹˈɪŋ
hishˈɪz
knellnˈɛl
:
Ding-dong
.
Harkhˈɑːk
!
nownˈaʊ
I
hearhˈiə
themðˈɛm
,
-
ding-dong
bellbˈɛl
.