Five Larkin Songs

Song Cycle by Huw Watkins (b. 1976)

1. Who called love conquering
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Who called love conquering
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Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Who called love conquering", written 1950, copyright ©

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Confirmed with Philip Larkin, Collected Poems, edited by Anthony Thwaite, The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber, 1988, page 45.


2. Wants
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone
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Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Wants", written 1950, copyright ©

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Confirmed with Philip Larkin, Collected Poems, edited by Anthony Thwaite, The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber, 1988, page 42.


3. Love Songs in Age
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
She kept her songs, they took so little space
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Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Love Songs in Age", written 1957, copyright ©

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Confirmed with Philip Larkin, Collected Poems, edited by Anthony Thwaite, The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber, 1988, page 113.


4. Money
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me
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Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Money", written 1973, copyright ©

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5. Dawn
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
To wake, and hear a cock
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Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), "Dawn", written 1944, copyright ©

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