Texts by W. Soutar set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- But the Earth Abideth
- Collected Poems
- In the Time of Tyrants
- Poems in Scots
- Poems in Scots and English
- Seeds in the Wind
- The Solitary Way
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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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.
- Ae simmers day (Up by the caller fountain) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x]
- A fiddler gaed fiddlin' thru oor toun (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - M. Dalby (The fiddler)
- Aince upon a day my mither said to me - B. Orr
- Aince upon a day (Aince upon a day my mither said to me) - B. Orr
- A laddie's sang (O! it’s owre the braes abüne out toun) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- A lucky chap (Wee cock-robin he bobbit east and west) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- And wudna onie lad - B. Britten (The gully)
- A riddle (Answer: the earth) (There’s pairt o’ it young) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- A riddle (The child you were) (It was your faither and mither) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- A skelp frae his teacher (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (Black day)
- A tree's a leerie kind o' loon (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - M. Dalby (The daft tree)
- Bairn-Time (Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang) (from Collected Poems) [x]
- Ballad (O! shairly ye hae seen my love) (from Collected Poems) - L. Cheslock, J. MacMillan
- Bawsy Broon (Dinna gang out the nicht) (from Poems in Scots and English) [x]
- Bed-time (Cuddle-doun, my bairnie) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- Black day (A skelp frae his teacher) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- Blaw, wind, blaw (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - M. Dalby (The thistle)
- Come oot, come oot (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - R. Stevenson (The plum-tree)
- Corbie sang (The merle in the hauch sings sweet) (from Poems in Scots and English) - F. Scott
- Cradle sang (Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang) (from Collected Poems) - M. Dalby [x]
- Cuddle-doun, my bairnie (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (Bed-time)
- Cuddle-down, my bairnie (from Collected Poems) (Bed-time) - B. Britten
- Dawtie's devotion (Keep me leal, and keep me weel) - B. Britten
- Day is düne (Lully, lully, my ain wee dearie) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson
- Dinna gang out the nicht (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] - R. Stevenson (Bawsy Broon)
- Dreepin weather (Out stapp't the ae duck) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang (from Collected Poems) [x] - M. Dalby (Bairn-Time)
- Hairst the licht o' the müne (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] - M. Dalby (Sang)
- Half doun the hill, whaur fa’s the linn (from Seeds in the Wind) - F. Scott (The gowk)
- Hallowe'en sang (Dinna gang out the nicht) (from Poems in Scots and English) - R. Stevenson [x]
- Heh! young folk arena what they were" - B. Britten (Tradition)
- Hill sang (Liggan on a mossy knowe) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- In time of tumult (The thunder and the dark) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - F. Scott
- I think no heaven shall ever be (from The Solitary Way) [x] - R. Stevenson (The lea)
- It isna far frae our toun (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (The Buckie Braes)
- It was your faither and mither (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- Keep me leal, and keep me weel - B. Britten (Dawtie's devotion)
- Liggan on a mossy knowe (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (Hill sang)
- Lully, lully, my ain wee dearie (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson (Day is düne)
- Lully, lylly, my ain wee dearie (from Collected Poems) (Day is düne) - R. Stevenson
- Man comes, at last, to his necessitous hour (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] - F. Scott (Samson)
- Munebrunt (Upon his hunkers sits the dug) - B. Orr
- Nightmare (The tree stood flowering in a dream) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - B. Britten
- O! it's owre the braes abüne our toun (from Collected Poems) (A laddie's sang) - B. Britten
- O! it’s owre the braes abüne out toun (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (A laddie's sang)
- O luely, luely cam she in (from Poems in Scots) ENG GER - J. MacMillan, F. Scott (The tryst)
- O! shairly ye hae seen my love (from Collected Poems) - L. Cheslock, J. MacMillan (Ballad)
- Out rins Waggletail (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (Waggletail)
- Out stapp't the ae duck (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (Dreepin weather)
- Saftly, saftly through the mirk (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - M. Dalby (The lanely müne)
- Samson (Man comes, at last, to his necessitous hour) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - F. Scott [x]
- Sang (Hairst the licht o' the müne) (from Poems in Scots and English) - M. Dalby [x]
- Scots Song (O luely, luely cam she in) (from Poems in Scots) - J. MacMillan ENG GER
- Slaughter (Within the violence of the storm) (from But the Earth Abideth) - B. Britten
- Steepies for the bairnie (from Collected Poems) (Supper) - B. Britten
- Steepies for the barnie (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (Supper)
- Such is the beauty () - I. Dunlop [x]
- Supper (Steepies for the barnie) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- The auld aik’s doun (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (The auld aik)
- The auld aik (The auld aik’s doun) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- The bubbly jock's been at the barm [x] - M. Dalby
- The bubbly jock (The bubbly jock's been at the barm) - M. Dalby [x]
- The Buckie Braes (It isna far frae our toun) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- The children (Upon the street they lie) - B. Britten, J. MacMillan
- The daft tree (A tree's a leerie kind o' loon) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x]
- The droll wee man (There was a wee bit mannie) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- The fiddler (A fiddler gaed fiddlin' thru oor toun) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x]
- The gowk (Half doun the hill, whaur fa’s the linn) (from Seeds in the Wind) - F. Scott
- The gully (And wudna onie lad) - B. Britten
- The lanely müne (Saftly, saftly through the mirk) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x]
- The larky lad frae the pantry (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (The larky lad)
- The larky lad (The larky lad frae the pantry) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- The lea (I think no heaven shall ever be) (from The Solitary Way) - R. Stevenson [x]
- The merle in the hauch sings sweet (from Poems in Scots and English) - F. Scott (Corbie Sang)
- The plum-tree (Come oot, come oot) (from Seeds in the Wind) - R. Stevenson [x]
- The quiet comes in (Whan the rage is by) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- There’s pairt o’ it young (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- There was a wee bit mannie (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (The droll wee man)
- The thistle (Blaw, wind, blaw) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x]
- The thunder and the dark (from In the Time of Tyrants) - F. Scott (In time of tumult)
- The tree stood flowering in a dream (from In the Time of Tyrants) - B. Britten
- The Tryst (O luely, luely cam she in) (from Poems in Scots) - F. Scott ENG GER
- To the future (We [He], the unborn, shall bring) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - R. Stevenson [x]
- Tradition (Heh! young folk arena what they were") - B. Britten
- Up by the caller fountain (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] - M. Dalby (Ae simmers day)
- Upon his hunkers sits the dug - B. Orr
- Upon the street they lie - B. Britten, J. MacMillan (The children)
- Waggletail (Out rins Waggletail) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x]
- Wee cock-robin he bobbit east and west (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (A lucky chap)
- We [He], the unborn, shall bring (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] - R. Stevenson (To the future)
- Whan the rage is by (from Collected Poems) [x] - R. Stevenson (The quiet comes in)
- Who are these children? (With easy hands upon the rein) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten
- With easy hands upon the rain (from Collected Poems) (Who are these children?) - B. Britten
- With easy hands upon the rein (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten (Who are these children?)
- Within the violence of the storm (from But the Earth Abideth) - B. Britten
Last update: 2023-05-10 21:19:07