Pastoral Elegy
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Pastoral Elegy
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The Pastoral Elegy is a song from the Old Missouri Harmony Songbook. The mournful song tells the tale of a young shepherd boy named Corydon who died. The name Corydon was a stock name for a shepherd in ancient Greek and Latin pastoral poems and fables, most familiar from its use by Vergil in his Second Eclogue. The Town of Corydon, Indiana is named after a person in this hymn. Words of the Pastoral Elegy: "What sorrowful sounds do I hear,
Move slowly along in the gale,
How solemn they fall on my
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