by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
I heard a piper piping
Language: English
I heard a piper piping The blue hills among — And never did I hear So plaintive a song. It seemed but a part Of the hills’ melancholy: No piper living there Could ever be jolly! And still the piper piped The blue hills among, And all the birds were quiet To listen to his song.
Confirmed with Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, 1909, page 58.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, "I heard a piper piping", appears in The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, first published 1909 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "I heard a piper piping", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Five Irish Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Norman Peterkin (1886 - 1982), "I heard a piper piping", published 1924 [ unaccompanied mezzo-soprano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-12
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Word count: 56