From the one act American opera SHANEWIS, by so-called \"Indianist\" Charles Wakefield Cadman, English libretto by Nelle Richmond Eberhart. First performed 23 March 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (eight times over two seasons). Contralto Sophie Braslau sang the leading role.
Contralto w/orchestra, Joseph Pasternack - director / (Ojibway Canoe Song) / (Frederick R. Burton) / (Rearranged and Harmonized by Charles Wakefield Cadman / Recorded: 1925 / Speed: 78 rpm / played on Victrola Orthophonic 8-12 Phonograph (1928).
******************************
HER SHADOW
Out on the lake my canoe is gliding,
Paddle dipping soft lest she should take alarm,
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah, ho, hey-ah hey-ah, ho,
Thus I go.
Somewhere along the shore she is hiding,
She is shy to yield to love's alluring charm,
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah, ho, hey-ah hey-ah, ho,
Love will win, I know.
There is a shadow, swiftly stealing!
Should it be her own, soon I will win the race!
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah, ho, hey-ah hey-ah, ho,
I think it is!
Will she but turn, herself revealing,
I will shout aloud, whene'er I see her face.
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah, ho, hey-ah hey-ah, ho,
There she is!
