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Texts by A. Higginson set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Agnes Shakespeare Higginson (1864 - 1955)

Moira O'Neill [pseudonym]

Agnes (Nesta) Shakespeare Higginson Skrine

Nesta [pseudonym]

Text Collections:

  • Songs of the Glens of Antrim

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 broken song ('Where am I from?') - C. Stanford, M. Woodward
  • At Sea ('Tis the long blue Head o' Garron) - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • Back to Ireland (Oh tell me, will I ever win to Ireland again) - C. Stanford
  • Birds (Sure an' maybe ye've heard the storm-thrush) (from Songs of the Glens of Antrim) - C. Edwards, C. Wood
  • Corrymeela (Over here in England I’m helpin’ wi’ the hay) - C. Stanford
  • Cuttin' rushes (Oh maybe it was yesterday, or fifty years ago!) (from Songs of the Glens of Antrim) - C. Stanford
  • Denny's daughter stood a minute in the field I be to pass - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • Denny's Daughter (Denny's daughter stood a minute in the field I be to pass) - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • Forgettin' (The night when last I saw my land) - F. Scott [x]
  • Grace For Light () - J. Raynor [x]
  • He was born in Ballytearim where there's little work to do - C. Stanford
  • I'd mind the day I'd wish I was a saygull flyin' far - C. Stanford, M. Woodward
  • I mind the day (I'd mind the day I'd wish I was a saygull flyin' far) - C. Stanford, M. Woodward
  • Johneen (Sure he’s five months old, an’ he’s two foot long) - C. Stanford
  • Lookin' Back (Wather's o' Moyle an' the white gulls flyin') - C. Stanford
  • Lough-a-reem-a! Lough-a-reem-a - C. Stanford
  • Oh maybe it was yesterday, or fifty years ago! (from Songs of the Glens of Antrim) - C. Stanford
  • Oh tell me, will I ever win to Ireland again - C. Stanford
  • Over here in England I’m helpin’ wi’ the hay - C. Stanford
  • Sea wrack (The wrack was dark an' shiny where it floated in the sea) - H. Harty, J. Raynor, C. Stanford
  • Sure an' maybe ye've heard the storm-thrush (from Songs of the Glens of Antrim) - C. Edwards, C. Wood
  • Sure a terrible time I was out o' the way - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • Sure he’s five months old, an’ he’s two foot long - C. Stanford
  • The Boy from Ballytearim (He was born in Ballytearim where there's little work to do) - C. Stanford
  • The Fairy Lough (Lough-a-reem-a! Lough-a-reem-a) - C. Stanford
  • The grand match () - A. Bax [x]
  • The Little Son () - J. Raynor [x]
  • The night when last I saw my land [x] - F. Scott
  • The Sailor Man (Sure a terrible time I was out o' the way) - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • The wrack was dark an' shiny where it floated in the sea - H. Harty, J. Raynor, C. Stanford
  • 'Tis the long blue Head o' Garron - C. Stanford, C. Wood
  • Wather's o' Moyle an' the white gulls flyin' - C. Stanford
  • 'Where am I from?' - C. Stanford, M. Woodward

Last update: 2024-01-07 16:29:13

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