Eldorado by Edgar Allen Poe

Verse 1

Gaily bedight,

A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,

Had journeyed long,

Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

Chorus

Through shadowed lands and moonlit skies,

Where dreams like fading echoes lie,

He rides beyond, through mist and woe,

Chasing the gleam of Eldorado.

In valleys deep, on mountains high,

Forever lost, his journey’s cry.

A fading hope, a whispered plea,

Chasing the ghost of Eldorado.

Verse 2

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.

Chorus

Through shadowed lands and moonlit skies,

Where dreams like fading echoes lie,

He rides beyond, through mist and woe,

Chasing the gleam of Eldorado.

In valleys deep, on mountains high,

Forever lost, his journey’s cry.

A fading hope, a whispered plea,

Chasing the ghost of Eldorado.

Verse 3

And, as his strength

Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow-

"Shadow," said he,

"Where can it be-

This land of Eldorado?"

Chorus

Through shadowed lands and moonlit skies,

Where dreams like fading echoes lie,

He rides beyond, through mist and woe,

Chasing the gleam of Eldorado.

In valleys deep, on mountains high,

Forever lost, his journey’s cry.

A fading hope, a whispered plea,

Chasing the ghost of Eldorado.

Verse 4

"Over the Mountains

Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,

Ride, boldly ride,"

The shade replied-

"If you seek for Eldorado!"

Outro Chorus

Through shadowed lands and moonlit skies,

Where dreams like fading echoes lie,

He rides beyond, through mist and woe,

Chasing the gleam of Eldorado.

In valleys deep, on mountains high,

Forever lost, his journey’s cry.

A fading hope, a whispered plea,

Chasing the ghost of Eldorado.