by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the...
Language: English
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea. Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring, And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea. Where shall we adventure, today that we're afloat, Wary of the weather and steering by a star? Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat, To Providence, or Babylon or off to Malabar? Hi! but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea -- Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a roar! Quick, and we'll escape them, they're as mad as they can be, The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Pirate story", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Edward Falk , "Pirate story", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Groocock , "Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing", published 1957 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from A Child's Garden [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Pirate story", op. 16 (Three songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses") no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Pirate story", published 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Pirate Story", op. 95 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Pirate story", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from The Twins' Tune Book, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Pirate story", op. 30 no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 118