I saw you toss the kites on high
Language: English
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass --
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all --
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
About the headline (FAQ)
First published in Magazine of Art, July 1884
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Frederic Field Bullard (1864 - 1904), "The wind", published 1910. [voice and piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Henry A. Clark , "The wind", published 1966. [unison chorus and piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Mary E. Covert , "The wind", published 1954. [voice and piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Thomas Crawford , "The wind", published 1915 [voice and piano], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 6. [
text not verified ]
- by Natalie Burlin Curtis (1875 - 1921), "The wind", published 1902 [voice and piano], from Songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [
text not verified ]
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "The wind", published 1897 [voice and piano], from the collection The Stevenson Song-Book [
text not verified ]
- by Keith Fowler , "The wind", published 1926. [unison chorus] [
text not verified ]
- by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846 - 1916), "The wind", published 1928-30. [unaccompanied voice] [
text not verified ]
- by Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor (1858 - 1940?), "The wind", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Five Children's Songs [
text not verified ]
- by Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), "The wind", published 1920. [unaccompanied voice] [
text not verified ]
- by Robert Edward Jager (b. 1939), "The wind" [soprano and piano or woodwinds or chamber orchestra], from A Child's Garden of Verses [
text not verified ]
- by John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902 - 1986), "A windy day", published 1970. [unison chorus and piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Roger Nixon (1921 - 2009), "The wind", published 1962. [SATB chorus a cappella] [
text not verified ]
- by Marvin Radnor , "The wind", published 1923. [voice and piano] [
text not verified ]
Text added to the website: 2008-12-08.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:01
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