“Dark Brown Is the River” is a musical setting of “Where Go the Boats?”, a poem by the celebrated Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). The music is by 20th-century American composer Audrey Snyder.
Snyder originally adapted the poem as a choral piece. The lullaby variation is Tina Ma...
[Verse 1]
Dark brown is the river
Golden is the sand
It flows along forever
With trees on either hand
Green leaves a-floating
Castles of the foam
Boats of mine a-boating
Oh, where will all come home?
On goes the river
And out past the mill
Away down the valley
Away down the hill
[Verse 2]
On goes the river
On goes the stream
Down through the waterfall
And down into my dream
Away down the river
A hundred miles or more
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore
Shall bring my boats ashore
Dark Brown Is the River was written by Robert Louis Stevenson.