by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917)
A blackbird singing
Language: English
A blackbird singing On a moss upholster'd stone, Bluebells swinging, Shadows wildly blown, A song in the wood, A ship on the sea, The song was for you and the ship was for me; A blackbird singing, I hear in my troubled mind, Bluebells swinging I see in a distant wind, But sorrow and silence are the wood's threnody, the silence for you, and the sorrow for me, A blackbird singing
Authorship:
- by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917) [author's text not yet checked 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 Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "A blackbird singing", subtitle: "To one dead", 1918, published 1919, first performed 1919 [voice and piano], from Over the rim of the moon, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: James Walters
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 71