by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991)
Northumberland to battle went
Language: English
Northumberland to battle went with bold five hundred strong. He took the road to Norfolk, a turn so very wrong. Lord Dudley would die in August and swift the days would pass, while Mary reigned in London, a proper queen at last. Lady Jane will lie in prison till a Monday dawns full clear. Odd that the sun should shine so bright upon a day so drear.
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Text Authorship:
- by Florence Stevenson (1922 - 1991), "Ballad", written 1975, appears in The Chronicle of Nine Days of Jane Grey, no. 13 [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 Arnold Rosner (1945 - 2013), "Northumberland to battle went", op. 81 no. 4 (1984), from opera The Chronicle of Nine, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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