by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil
As I came over the grey, grey hills
Language: English
As I came over the grey, grey hills And over the grey, grey water, I saw the gilly leading on, And the white Christ following after. Where and where does the gilly lead? And where is the white Christ faring? They've travelled the four grey sounds of Orc, And the four grey seas of Eirinn. The moon is set and the wind's away, And the song in the grass is dying, And a silver cloud on the silent sea Like a shrouding-sheet is lying. And Christ and the gilly will follow on Till the ring in the east is showing, And the awny corn is red on the hills, And the golden light is glowing.
Confirmed with Joseph Campbell as Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, The Gilly of Christ, Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Limited, 1907, page 7.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, "As I came over the grey, grey hills", appears in The Gilly of Christ, first published 1907 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "As I came over the grey, grey hills", 1922, copyright © 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Five Irish Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "As I came over the grey, grey hills", op. 49 no. 5 (1922) [ voice and piano ], from Thirteen Songs: The Gilly of Christ, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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