El Dorado - Edgar Allen Poe - original music

I made a song out of this great Edgar Allen poe poem many years ago. Donavan did to.

Eldorado Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"

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• Edgar
• Allen
• Poe
• El
• Dorado
• original
• music

[manriq47]

Wow, this one just blew my doors right off the hinges, Dan! Great haunting sound (what else could we expect from an EAP poem put to music, eh?).  Had me thinking of something the Moody Blues would have covered. Would love to hear you and eddie629 do a collab on this one. Any chance of that happening? In the meantime, this goes right into favs. GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! ~ Mark

[coolanddark]

@manriq47 Thanks Mark! That would be so much fun collabin up with Eddie! He is amazing! Thanks kindly and have a great weekend!

[rbheiss]

This was the first and perhaps only poem I was ever forced to memorize in school. Normally I hate that sort of thing but I didn't mind memorizing this one! It's a classic and you set it to song very well my friend!

Take care,

Rolland

[coolanddark]

@rbheiss Thanks Rolland! I like some of Edgar`s poems! Kind of depressing but really great! thanks!

[Cameragirl803]

Beautifully performed Dan! Very creative with the poem usage as well! You always have some nice surprises for us my friend:) *****

[coolanddark]

@Cameragirl803 Thanks Jane! I appreciate it! Edgar wrote some cool poems!

[AceTrooper666]

So great!Congrats!Can I have the cords for this??? =)

[coolanddark]

@Oswlek Thanks very much! I`d sure like to hear your song!

[Oswlek]

I wrote a tune a while back that was purposefully folksy and I used almost exactly this verse guitar. It is uncanny. Even the vocal melody is similar.