Do Not Go Gentle
Rage, Rage
A poem by Dylan Thomas set to music (LB). D-phrygian is used.
Voices: Soprano, Alto, Baritone
Instruments: Violin, Piano (2 tracks)
4/4 Timing
© Lobu Publishing, Lothar Buchmann, 2016, the text of the poem
'Do not go gentle...' by Dylan Thomas is out of copyright in Canada.
Text (as appearing in the song):
Do not Go Gentle
Rage, Rage!
Rage!
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Not go gentle to that good night! (Ah..)
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
Burn and rave! (Ah..)
Rage, rage! against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
O dark is right! (Oh..)
Because their words had forked no lightning they
No lightning, ever. (Ah..)
do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Good men, how bright. (Uh..)
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Dancing in a green bay. (Ah..)
Rage, rage! against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun flight,
Caught the sun in flight. (Ah...)
and learn too late they grieved it on its way,
They grieved it on its way. (Oh..)
do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men near death, who see with blinding sight
Near death with sight. (Oh..)
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Meteor beams. (Ey..)
Rage, rage! against the dying of the light.
And you my father, there on that sad height,
My father there. (Oh..)
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Your fierce tears. (Ah..)
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage! against the dying of the light.
Rage, rage!
Inserted by L.B.