Texts by C. Kingsley set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
• Andromeda and Other Poems
• Poems
• The Saint's Tragedy
• The Water-Babies

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• A Farewell: To C. E. G. (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems)
• A Farewell (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Cole, H. Grace, S. Liddle, J. Paine
• A floating, a floating - A. Somervell (The Night Bird: A Myth)
• Afloating, afloating - M. Lang
• A harper came over the Danube so wide (from Poems) - A. Smith (The Song of the Little Baltung. A.D. 395)
• A Hope (Twin stars, aloft in ether clear)
• Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - J. Duarte, G. Holst, H. Löhr, E. Nevin, A. Pares, C. Stanford (Airly Beacon)
• Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon - P. Jones
• Airly Beacon (Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon) - P. Jones
• Airly Beacon (Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - J. Duarte, G. Holst, H. Löhr, E. Nevin, A. Pares, C. Stanford
• A lament (The merry, merry lark was up and singing) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge
• A life's love (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - J. Waldeck GER
• Alton Locke's song (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - G. MacFarren RUS
• A prayer () - C. Scott [x]
• Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe? - J. Capel (Lorraine)
• A sweet little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - S. Coleridge-Taylor FRE GER
• Clear and cool. A Brook (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - E. Dickson GER
• Clear and cool, clear and cool (from The Water-Babies) GER - F. Atkinson, A. Behrend, J. Borland, E. Dickson, T. Dunhill, G. Henschel, G. Holst, W. Rogers, M. Shillington (The tide river)
• Clear and cool (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - A. Behrend, T. Dunhill, G. Holst, M. Shillington GER
• Cool and clear (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - F. Atkinson GER
• Dartside (I cannot tell what you say green leaves)
• Der Fluss singst (Hell und kühl) - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, G. MacFarren, J. Smieton, C. Wood (The starlings)
• Farewell (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - C. Bethune
• Good-morrow () - J. Holbrooke [x]
• Hark! hark! hark! - L. Johns, D. Tovey (The knight's return)
• Heigh-Ho! (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Cross
• Hell und kühl - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• I cannot tell what you say green leaves - J. Holbrooke, A. Somervell (Dartside)
• I cannot tell what you say (I cannot tell what you say green leaves) - A. Somervell
• I cannot tell (I cannot tell what you say green leaves) - J. Holbrooke
• Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen (Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen) - G. Henschel FRE (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen FRE - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• I once had a sweet little doll, dears (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - E. Nevin, S. Schlesinger FRE GER
• I once had a sweet little doll, dears (from The Water-Babies) FRE GER - H. Brian, S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Henschel, E. Nevin, S. Schlesinger (My little doll)
• I once had a sweet little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Henschel FRE GER
• I wish I were a tiny bird (Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south) (from Poems) - H. Löhr
• J'avais une belle poupée (J'avais une belle poupée) - S. Schlesinger GER [x]
• J'avais une belle poupée GER - S. Schlesinger [x]
• Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe (Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe?) - J. Capel
• Lorraine (Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe?)
• Mary, go and call the cattle home (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - J. Howe RUS
• Merry, merry lark (The merry, merry lark was up and singing) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - E. Squire
• My fairest child, I have no song to give you (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - M. Balfe, C. Bethune, R. Cole, H. Grace, A. Hill, L. Kellie, H. King, E. Klotschubey, S. Liddle, T. Mountain, J. Paine, T. del Riego, S. Schlesinger (A Farewell: To C. E. G.)
• My fairest child (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - M. Balfe, A. Hill, L. Kellie, T. Mountain, S. Schlesinger
• My gentle child (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - T. del Riego
• My little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) FRE GER
• Ode To The North-East Wind (Welcome, wild North-easter) - A. Smith
• Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south (from Poems) - M. Davey, T. Dunhill, H. Löhr, H. Middleton (Valentine's Day)
• Oh that we two were Maying (Oh! that we two were Maying) (from The Saint's Tragedy) - C. Gounod, E. Nevin
• Oh! that we two were Maying (from The Saint's Tragedy) - C. Gounod, E. Nevin, A. Smith (Song)
• O Mary, go and call the cattle home (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) RUS - M. Balfe, J. Blockley, F. Boott, H. Brian, E. Campbell, F. Clay, I. Cooper, C. Dolby, W. Fenney, C. Harriss, J. Hatton, J. Howe, J. Hullah, G. Jones, O. King, G. MacFarren, A. MacKay, S. Newns, T. Pitfield, C. Scott, L. Southard, F. Swain
• One grand sweet song (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - H. King, E. Klotschubey
• O That We Two Were Maying (Oh! that we two were Maying) (from The Saint's Tragedy) - A. Smith
• O that we two were Maying (from The Saint's Tragedy) (Song) - C. Gounod, E. Nevin, A. Smith
• Round the world away (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - H. Noble GER
• Sands o' Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - H. Brian RUS
• Sing Heigh-ho! (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Bell, F. Challinor, G. Cole, J. Diack, L. Forsblad, G. Henschel, J. Herbert, G. Holst, M. Lawson, H. Löhr, G. MacFarren, G. McKay, H. Middleton, D. Parke, C. Stanford, J. Williams
• Slumber song (Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Holst
• Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding (from The Water-Babies) - G. Holst, M. Salmond (The Summer Sea)
• Soft, soft wind (Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding) (from The Water-Babies) - M. Salmond
• Soft, soft wind (from The Water-Babies) (The Summer Sea) - G. Holst, M. Salmond
• Song of the River (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - J. Borland GER
• Song (Oh! that we two were Maying) (from The Saint's Tragedy)
• The bird (Afloating, afloating) - M. Lang
• The brook sings (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Henschel GER
• The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand - G. Holst (The Day Of The Lord)
• The Day Of The Lord (The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand) - G. Holst
• The knight's return (Hark! hark! hark!) - L. Johns, D. Tovey
• The Lost Doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - H. Brian FRE GER
• The merry, merry lark was up and singing (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, E. Nevin, E. Squire (A lament)
• The merry, merry lark (The merry, merry lark was up and singing) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - E. Nevin
• The Night Bird: A Myth (A floating, a floating)
• The Night Bird (A floating, a floating) - A. Somervell
• The old, old song (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - B. Thomson GER
• There sits a bird on every tree (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Bell, C. Burch, F. Challinor, G. Cole, R. Cross, J. Diack, A. Foote, L. Forsblad, F. Hart, G. Henschel, J. Herbert, W. Hewitt, G. Holst, M. Lawson, H. Löhr, G. MacFarren, G. McKay, H. Middleton, D. Parke, C. Stanford, J. Williams (Sing Heigh-Ho!)
• There sits a bird on every tree (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - A. Foote, F. Hart, W. Hewitt
• There sits a bird (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - C. Burch
• The Sands o' Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - J. Blockley, F. Boott, E. Campbell, F. Clay, C. Dolby, W. Fenney, O. King, L. Southard RUS
• The Sands of Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - M. Balfe, I. Cooper, C. Harriss, J. Hatton, J. Hullah, G. Jones, G. MacFarren, A. MacKay, S. Newns, T. Pitfield, C. Scott, F. Swain RUS
• The Song of the Little Baltung. A.D. 395 (A harper came over the Danube so wide) (from Poems)
• The Song of the Little Baltung (A harper came over the Danube so wide) (from Poems) - A. Smith
• The starlings (Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, G. MacFarren, J. Smieton, C. Wood
• The Summer Sea (Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding) (from The Water-Babies)
• The three fishers (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - C. Barry, J. Capel, A. Gray, J. Hullah, O. King, G. MacFarren, H. Oke, A. Parsons, E. Walker NOR RUS
• The tide river (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - W. Rogers GER
• The watchman ('Watchman, what of the night?') (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge
• Three fishers went sailing away to the west (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) NOR RUS - C. Barry, F. Boott, J. Capel, M. Foster, A. Gray, J. Hullah, O. King, G. MacFarren, H. Oke, A. Parsons, R. Rogers, E. Walker (The three fishers)
• Three fishers went sailing out into the west (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - F. Boott NOR RUS
• Three fishers went sailing (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - R. Rogers NOR RUS
• Three fishers (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - M. Foster NOR RUS
• Tre mand satte ud langt imod vest (from Gunvor Thorsdatter til Hærø [a novel]) SWE RUS
• Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst (Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst) - E. Sjögren NOR RUS
• Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst NOR RUS - E. Sjögren
• Twin stars, aloft in ether clear - G. Holst (A Hope)
• Twin stars aloft (Twin stars, aloft in ether clear) - G. Holst
• Valentine's Day (Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south) (from Poems) - M. Davey, T. Dunhill, H. Middleton
• 'Watchman, what of the night?' (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, W. Wood (The watchman)
• Watchman, what of the night? ('Watchman, what of the night?') (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Wood
• Welcome, wild North-easter - A. Smith (Ode To The North-East Wind)
• Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe (Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe) - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
• When all the world is young, lad (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - D. Bright, J. Diack, R. Grain, G. Henschel, E. James, E. Nevin, J. Pointer, P. Tomblings, M. Wilson GER
• When all the world is young, lad (from The Water-Babies) GER - T. Anderton, F. Atkinson, D. Bright, A. Caldicott, F. Challinor, B. Colechin, I. Cooper, F. Cowen, J. Diack, V. Ellis, C. Getchell, R. Grain, G. Henschel, C. Herts, H. Hulbert, E. James, L. Lehmann, T. Marshall, E. Nevin, H. Noble, R. Parfrey, E. Philp, J. Pointer, C. Pye, P. Schenk, B. Thomson, P. Tomblings, J. Waldeck, J. Weiss, T. Wharton, M. Wilson (Young and Old)
• When all the world is young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - A. Caldicott, F. Challinor, F. Cowen, C. Herts, H. Hulbert, L. Lehmann, E. Philp, C. Pye, P. Schenk, T. Wharton GER
• When all the world was young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - F. Atkinson, V. Ellis GER
• When all was young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - B. Colechin GER
• Young and Old (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - T. Anderton, I. Cooper, C. Getchell, T. Marshall, R. Parfrey, J. Weiss GER

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