The Tempest Overture, Interludes and Incidental Music

A. Bliss

Heigh my hearts!

Cheerly, cheerly my hearts; take in the topsail; keep below.

To your cabins, to your cabins below.

Take in the topsail, down with the top mast.

Lower - lower - keep below -

Bring her to try with the main course.

Lay a-hold, a-hold, a-hold: off to sea again.

Lay her off.

Heigh, my hearts, cheerly, heigh my hearts.

Take in the topsail. Take in the topsail.

Quick! Bring her to try with the main course.

Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!

Farewell, my wife and children!

Farewell, brother!

We split, we split.