Texts by H. Newbolt set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862 - 1938)

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Admiral Death (Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night?) (from The Island Race) - A. Gray, J. Williams
Admirals all (Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, E. Lee, E. Sonntag
After long lab'ring in the windy ways (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford (Homeward bound)
Against oblivion (Cities drowned in olden time) (from Songs of Memory and Hope) - J. Western
A song of Exmoor (The Forest above and the Combe below) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
A thousand years by sea and land - C. Lloyd (Victoria Regina)
Bitter sweet (He leapt to arms unbidden) - C. Parry
Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night? (from The Island Race) - A. Gray, J. Williams (Admiral Death)
By the hearthstone (By the hearth-stone) - B. Burrows
Cities drowned in olden time (from Songs of Memory and Hope) - J. Western (Against oblivion)
Das Schlachtschiff Téméraire. 1796 (Der Morgenruf will verklingen) - G. Vollerthun
Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Der Morgenruf will verklingen - G. Vollerthun (Das Schlachtschiff Téméraire. 1796.)
Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, B. Leonard, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson (Drake's drum)
Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas (from Admirals All and Other Verses) (Drake's drum) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, B. Leonard, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson
Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford (Waggon Hill)
Drake's drum (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson
Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town (from Poems: New and Old) - R. Paget (The toy band: a song of the great retreat)
Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, E. Lee, E. Sonntag (Admirals all)
England! where the sacred flame (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd (The vigil)
Fare well (Mother, with unbowed head) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
Finis (Night is come) (from The Flying Carpet) - N. Swift
Gavotte (Memories long in music sleeping) (from The Island Race) - H. Howells
Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Marillier, C. Mitchell (Rilloby-Rill)
Hark ye, hark to the winding horn (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - J. Ireland (Hope the Hornblower)
Hawke (In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Lloyd
He fell among thieves (Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end) (from The Island Race) - J. Jones
He gave us all a good-bye cheerily (from The Island Race) - J. Dear, E. Larson, H. Löhr, E. Squire, L. Wier (Messmates)
He leapt to arms unbidden - C. Parry (The Volunteer)
Here they halted here once more - W. Baines
Homeward bound (After long lab'ring in the windy ways) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
Homeward bound (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily) (from The Island Race) - E. Larson
Hope the Hornblower (Hark ye, hark to the winding horn) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - J. Ireland
Imogen (Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing) - E. Squire
In a blue dusk the ship astern (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The middle watch)
In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Lloyd (Hawke)
It was eight bells ringing (from Admirals All and Other Verses) GER - G. Bantock, J. Williams (The Fighting Téméraire)
Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement (from The Island Race) - M. Phillips (The Death of Admiral Blake)
Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing - E. Squire (Imogen)
Memories long in music sleeping (from The Island Race) - H. Howells (Gavotte)
Messmates (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily) (from The Island Race) - J. Dear, H. Löhr, E. Squire, L. Wier
Mother, with unbowed head (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (Farewell)
Night is come (from The Flying Carpet) - N. Swift (Finis)
Oh hear! Oh hear! Across the sullen tide (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) (The song of the guns at sea) -
Oh hear! Oh hear! (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) (The song of the guns at sea) -
One by one the pale stars die before the day now (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (Sailing at dawn)
Outward bound (Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Play the game (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - F. Aylward
Plymouth hoe (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - B. Leonard
Rilloby-Rill (Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Marillier, C. Mitchell
Sailing at dawn (One by one the pale stars die before the day now) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
Song of the children in Paladore (To Aladore, to Aladore) (from Poems: New and Old) - G. Bantock
Song of the road () - W. Davies [x]
Stand by to reckon up your battleships (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The little admiral)
The Death of Admiral Blake (Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement) (from The Island Race) - M. Phillips
The Fighting Téméraire (It was eight bells ringing) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, J. Williams GER
The Forest above and the Combe below (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd (A song of Exmoor)
The gay Gordons (Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair?) (from The Island Race) - J. Foulds, E. Lee
The grenadier's goodbye (Here they halted here once more) - W. Baines
The King's Highway (When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Stanford
The little admiral (Stand by to reckon up your battleships) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The middle watch (In a blue dusk the ship astern) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The "Old Superb" (The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - F. Aylward (Vitaï Lampada)
The sailing of the long-ships (They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - F. Aylward
The song of the guns at sea (Oh hear! Oh hear!) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet)
The song of the sou'wester (The sun was lost in a leaden sky) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The sun was lost in a leaden sky (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The song of the sou'wester)
The toy band: a song of the great retreat (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old)
The toy band (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old) - R. Paget
The vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race)
The Volunteer (He leapt to arms unbidden)
The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford (The Old Superb)
They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - F. Aylward (The sailing of the long-ships)
To Aladore, to Aladore (from Poems: New and Old) - G. Bantock (Song of the children in Paladore)
Turn back, my soul () - W. Davies [x]
Victoria Regina (A thousand years by sea and land) - C. Lloyd
Vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
Vitaï Lampada (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses)
Waggon Hill (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems)
When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Stanford (The King's Highway)
Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair? (from The Island Race) - J. Foulds, E. Lee (The gay Gordons)
Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end (from The Island Race) - J. Jones (He fell among thieves)

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