THE DANUBE WAVES - lyrics by Carol Scrob - music by Iosif Ivanovici

THE  DANUBE  WAVES  lyrics by  Carol Scrob  music by Iosif Ivanovici The boat floats gently on the waves But who hums a longing song? No, it's not wind nor the Danube It's the rower and his ballad. A wave bears the chant lazily To the shore, like a water lily Toward the girl who waits and sighs And the hours pass one by one. When the first star is shining in the sky And when the Morning Star will doze The silent boat sits under willow trees And the girl will embrace him. Their story is now a dance It's a melody of a waltz. Danube sings and leads it On her wave of silver. We long and we sing the song The years bring it on their wing And another girl will call Another lad under a new star. ~ ~ ~ The boat floats gently on the waves But who hums a longing song? A wave bears the chant lazily To the shore, like a water lily Toward the girl who waits and sighs And the hours pass one by one. The boat floats gently on the waves - - - - - - - - -  NOTE "Waves of the Danube"  is a waltz composed by Ion Ivanovici in 1880 -  lyrics by  Carol Scrob,  and is one of the most famous Romanian tunes in the world.