by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
White fields
Language: English
In the winter children go Walking in the fields of snow Where there is no grass at all, And the top of every wall, Every fence, and every tree Is as white as white can be. Pointing out the way they came, (Every one of them the same) All across the fields there be Prints in silver filigree ; And their mothers find them so By the footprints in the snow.
Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "White fields", appears in The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin, first published 1915 [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 Walter Byron Mourant (1910 - 1995), "White fields" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 71