© by Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 - 1978), as Hugh MacDiarmid
The Love‑sick Lass
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: ENG
As white’s the blossom on the rise [ ... ]
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Confirmed with The Complete Poems of Hugh MacDiarmid, Volume 1, edited by Michael Grieve and W R Aitken, Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1985, Page 55.
Text Authorship:
- by Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 - 1978), as Hugh MacDiarmid, "The Love-sick Lass", appears in Penny Wheep, no. 19, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, first published 1926, 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 Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "The Love-sick Lass", published 1939 [ low voice and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 5, no. 9, Bayley & Ferguson; confirmed with Songs of Francis George Scott, selected and edited by Neil Mackay, Roberton Publications, Aylesbury 1980, page 17. [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "The Love-sick Lass", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-01
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