1913
Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
Composed by 
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Charles Wakefield Cadman Text by 
Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Nelle Richmond Eberhart Idyls of the South Sea Song Collection
"Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)" is the fourth and final song of Cadman's Idyls of the South Sea, op. 55 song cycle, with text by Nelle Richmond Eberhart.
Text
Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
by Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Withered is the green palm,
Broken is the bamboo,
Fallen is the strong one;
On the surf at sunset
His canoe rides empty,
His canoe rides empty!
On his grave I lay him
Tamarind and mango;
O’er his grave at midnight,
call I through the darkness.
He hears not my calling,
He hears not my call, my call!
Sheet Music
Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (High Key)
Charles Wakefield Cadman
1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
High
Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (Medium Key)
Charles Wakefield Cadman
1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
. The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)
Medium