by Kendall Banning (1879 - 1944)
The Lass of Glad Gray Eyes
Language: English
To east to west - to north to south, It's little today I care! My mind runs back from heather lands once more to Tilbourn Faire And to a lass of glad gray eyes I wonder is she there? South, to north, to west, to east, the roads call out anew, but I mind me most of glad gray eyes of a lass that once I knew. They say that love is a bitter thing- I wonder is it true? To east, to west, to north to south, it's little today I care! My mind runs back from heather lands once more to Tilbourn Faire and to a lass of glad gray eyes I wonder is she there? To south, to north, to west, to east, The roads call out anew, but I mind me most of glad gray eyes of a lass that once I knew. They say that love is a bitter thing- I wonder is it true?
Text Authorship:
- by Kendall Banning (1879 - 1944) [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 Gena Branscombe (1881 - 1977), "The Lass of Glad Gray Eyes", published c1919 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the Unafraid, no. 2, New York and Boston: The Arthur P. Schmidt Co.
Score: Library of Congress [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 159