by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
A night prayer
Language: English
Pray for me, Seachnal, Pray for me, Mel: Save me from sin And the cold stone of hell! Brigid and Ita And Eithne the Red, Spread out your mantles And cover my bed! For rann and gospel Have gone from my mind, And devils are walking Abroad in the wind!
Confirmed with Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, 1909, page 64.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, "A night prayer", appears in The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, first published 1909 [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 Annie D. Scott , "A night prayer", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Four Irish Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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