by Harold Monro (1879 - 1932)
Overheard on a saltmarsh
Language: English
Nymph, nymph, what are your beads? Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them? Give them me. No. Give them me. Give them me. No. Then I will howl all night in the reeds, Lie in the mud and howl for them. Goblin, why do you love them so? They are better than stars or water, Better than voices of winds that sing, Better than any man's fair daughter, Your green glass beads on a silver ring. Hush, I stole them out of the moon. Give me your beads, I want them. No. I will howl in the deep lagoon For your green glass beads, I love them so. Give them me. Give them. No.
Text Authorship:
- by Harold Monro (1879 - 1932), "Overheard on a saltmarsh", appears in Children of Love, first published 1914 [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 Keith Warren Bissell (1912 - 1992), "Overheard on a saltmarsh", published 1970 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Campbell Bruce , "Overheard on a saltmarsh", published 1951 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin Hand (1929 - 2015), "Overheard on a saltmarsh", published 1958 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Napier Miles (1865 - 1935), "Overheard on a saltmarsh", <<1935 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Oliver (b. 1950), "Overheard on a saltmarsh", 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 116