Fly away, fly away over the sea
Language: English
Fly away, fly away over the sea,
Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done;
Come again, come again, come back to me,
Bringing the summer and bringing the sun.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Susanne Abbuehl (b. 1970), no title [ voice, flugelhorn, sansula, Indian harmonium ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "The swallow", published 1914 [ voices a cappella ], in First Year Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grace Wilbur Conant (1858 - 1948), "Fly away, swallow", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], in Songs for Little People [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Fly away, fly away over the sea", published 1916 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imogen Clare Holst (1907 - 1984), "Fly away over the sea", published 1936 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 28
Flieg davon, flieg davon weit übers Meer
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Flieg davon, flieg davon weit übers Meer,
sonn'liebende Schwalbe, der Sommer ist um;
komm zurück, komm zurück, komm zu mir her,
bring mir den Sommer und bring mir die Sonn'.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 30
