JENNY LIND’S first lessons from the NIGHTINGALE.
"Serenade on Adrias Sea" (1850)
(Ro Sakta Med Gondolen Har)
BARCAROLLE
Sung by
MDlle. Jenny Lind,
Composed by
LINDBLAD.
[Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, 1801-1878]

Published under the supervision of
HENRY C. WATSON  &  GEORGE LODER
  --. --
New York, NY: Firth, Pond & Co., No. 1 Franklin Sq.
Baltimore, MD: S. C. Jollie, 300 Broadway
Plate No. J.L.No 15.
Quidor, Engraver
[Source: 188/037@Levy]

1. O! quickly lend the pliant oar
But soft but soft let no one hear
I would not court the curious gaze
Of many an idle loit’rer there
I only wish One eye to see
That one which fondly looks for me.

[CHORUS sung after each VERSE]
La la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la la la la

2. O had the midnight heav’n a tongue,
As it has burning eyes above
Full many a wond’rous tale ’twould tell
Of happy and despairing love
Of many a one who roves like me
With beating heart on Adria’s sea.

3. The lights have faded one by one
O turn the brow towards the shore.
The meeting hour is almost come;
My  anxious heart can wait no more
For in yon balcony above
I see my timid gentle love.