When I was out one morning -- In a meadow, white with sheep, Lay a shepherd by a haystack Fast asleep. With me the lark was carolling, There was gold and green and blue; But what, you drowsy shepherd, Was with you? Was it night and water gushing And moonbeams cold and clear On the softly silver-slipping Dripping weir? Was it childhood, was it sweetheart, Was it distant isles and seas, Day of Judgment, Harvest Home, or Bread and cheese?
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "The shepherd", 1999 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, piano ], from Silvery Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-19
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