Crossing The Hudson — Robert Paterson | Composer (original) (raw)

Crossing the Hudson for Soprano, Baritone and Piano

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Crossing the Hudson, Island to island,
SOPRANO:
Staten to Manhattan…
BARITONE:
Manhattan to Staten…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Sun just…
SOPRANO:
Rising,
BARITONE:
Setting,
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
At the start…
BARITONE:
End…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Of the day.

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Crossing the Hudson,
Landing to landing,

SOPRANO:
Heading to the office,

BARITONE:
Back home to my fam’ly,

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Rocked in this old boat,
As she makes her way.

BARITONE:
Another night in our home.
Dinner on the table,
And after that, some bad TV,
A bedtime story,
And then the night is done,
For me, my husband, our dog and our son.

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Crossing the Hudson,
Island to island,
SOPRANO:
Staten to Manhattan…
BARITONE:
Manhatten to Staten…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Sun just…
SOPRANO:
Rising,
BARITONE:
Setting,
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
At the start…
BARITONE:
End…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Of the day.

SOPRANO:
Another day at my firm.
Cases on the docket,
An Everest of paperwork,
And sometimes justice,
And then the day is through
At Putnam, Schwartz, Ramirez and Wu.

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Some days sure stink,
And make you think,
You should move, just go,
Life can be simpler than this.
But that’s a lost cause,
As the skyline still awes,
And you only know
How much you’d miss…

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Crossing the Hudson,
Island to island,
SOPRANO:
Staten to Manhattan…
BARITONE:
Manhattan to Staten…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Sun just…
SOPRANO:
Rising,
BARITONE:
Setting,
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
At the start…
BARITONE:
End…
SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Of the day.

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Crossing the Hudson,
Landing to landing,

SOPRANO:
Heading to the office,

BARITONE:
Back home to my fam’ly,

SOPRANO/BARITONE:
Rocked in this old boat,
As she makes her way.