As I came down by Pity Me, Pity Me, Pity Me, As I came down by Pity Me, I heard a lassie sing : "I'd give the very heart of me To have a golden ring." As I came down by Pity Me, Pity Me, Pity Me, As I came down by Pity Me I heard a grey wife sing : "I'd give the very heart of me To lose a golden ring."
Two Sets of Five Songs Each, Set II , opus 104
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949)
1. Pity Me [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Pity Me", appears in Whin, first published 1918
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2. The lonely tree [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
A twisted ash, a ragged fir, A silver birch with leaves astir. Men talk of forests broad and deep, Where summer-long the shadows sleep. Though I love forests deep and wide, The lone tree on the bare hill-side, The brave, wind-beaten, lonely tree, Is rooted in the heart of me. A twisted ash, a ragged fir, A silver birch with leaves astir.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "The lonely tree", appears in Whin, first published 1918
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3. Skirlnaked [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
O came you by Skirlnaked When you came o'er the moor ? And did you see an old man Standing at the door ? And did you see an old man Glowering at the door ? O came you by Skirlnaked When you came o'er the moor ? And did you hear a young bride weep Behind the fast-shut door ? And did you hear a young bride greet Behind the fast-shut door ?
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Skirlnaked", appears in Whin, first published 1918
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4. Return [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Rust-red the bracken in the rain Against the wet grey boulder -- Slowly the cold mist sweeps again Over the mountain shoulder And the wind blows colder. Since last I saw the wind and rain Sweep down the mountain shoulder Some joy that will not come again Has left a heart grown older, And the wind blows colder.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Return", appears in Neighbours, first published 1920
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5. Audrey
Language: English
On the sea's edge she dances
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Audrey", appears in I Heard a Sailor, first published 1925, copyright ©
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