© by Joseph Braddock (b. 1902)
Goats to raise, goats to graze
Language: English
Goats to raise, goats to graze [ ... ]
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Under the title in the original poem is this explanation: ("The olives on Corfu are small and brown. The peasants sometimes call a mole on the body an 'olive')
1 Coulthard: "honey"
Authorship:
- by Joseph Braddock (b. 1902), "Greek Folk Song", appears in Quiddities. Poems New and Selected., Cornwall: Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, first published 1985, copyright © [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 Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "So went my love", 1980 [voice and piano], from Two Idylls from Greece, no. 2, note: first stanza used as a refrain [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 70