Hide and seek, says the Wind, In the shade of the woods; Hide and seek, says the Moon, To the hazel buds; Hide and seek, says the Cloud, Star on to star; Hide and seek, says the Wave, At the harbour bar; Hide and seek, say I, To myself, and step Out of the dream of Wake Into the dream of Sleep.
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Confirmed with Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1920], page 35.
Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Hide and seek", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 19, first published 1913 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Hide and seek", 2006 [ medium-high voice, piano ], from Pieces of Peacock Pie, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by James Brown , "Hide and seek" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Emeléus , "Hide and seek", published 1960 [ girls' chorus and piano ], from The Huntsmen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Hide and seek", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs From Peacock Pie, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard D. McKinney (b. 1890), "Hide and seek", published <<1940, from Four Crumbs from "A Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (b. 1925), "Hide and seek", published 1959 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Peacock Pie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edwin C. Rose , "Hide and seek", published 1962 [ women's chorus or children's chorus in unison and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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