Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Stranger
Language: English after the Irish (Gaelic)
I saw a stranger yester-e'en, I put food in the eating-place, Drink in the drinking-place, Music in the listening-place, And in the blessed name of the Triune, He blessed myself and my dear ones, My house and my cattle, And the lark said in her song: Often goes the Christ in the stranger's guise.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "The Stranger", published 1955 [voice and piano], G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 54