Texts by W. Allingham set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Day and Night Songs
- Evil May-Day &c.
- Flower Pieces and Other Poems
- Irish Songs and Poems
- Poems
- Rhymes for the Young Folk
- Songs, Ballads and Stories
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Across the sea (I walked in the lonesome evening) - B. Farebrother, J. White, M. Wood
- Adieu to Ballyshanny ! where I was bred and born (from Poems) - H. Hughes (The emigrant's adieu to Ballyshanny)
- A Gravestone (Far from the churchyard dig his grave) - J. Raynor
- A Memory (Four ducks on a pond) (from Evil May-Day &c.) - E. Cone, B. Fairchild
- Among the heather (One evening walking out, I o'er took a modest colleen) (from Poems) - C. Wood
- A swing song (Swing, swing) (from Rhymes for the Young Folk) - U. Kasemets
- Down on the shore, on the sunny shore! (from Poems) - C. Ingham (Down on the shore)
- Down on the shore (Down on the shore, on the sunny shore!) (from Poems) - C. Ingham
- Fairies and Elves!/ Gone is the night (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin)
- Fairies and Elves! (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford
- Fairies (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - H. Bath
- Fairy dawn (Fairies and Elves!) (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford
- Fairy night (Moon soon sets now) (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford
- Fairy noon (Hear the call!) (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford
- Far from the churchyard dig his grave - J. Raynor (A Gravestone)
- Four ducks on a pond (Four ducks on a pond) (from Evil May-Day &c.) - W. Butler, E. Cone, B. Crist, B. Fairchild, F. Hart, A. Needham, K. Roger, L. Versel
- Good-bye, good-bye to Summer! (from Poems) - H. Brian, H. Clough-Leighter, F. Gernsheim, J. Hubbard, E. Johns, G. Palmer, C. Stanford, E. Thiman (Robin Redbreast)
- Goodbye to Summer (Good-bye, good-bye to Summer!) (from Poems) - H. Brian, G. Palmer
- Greet thee kindly, Wayside Well (from Day and Night Songs) - A. Cooper (The wayside well)
- Head the ship for England! (from Day and Night Songs) - A. Rowley (Homeward bound)
- Head the ships for England! (from Day and Night Songs) (Homeward bound) - A. Rowley
- Hear the call!/ Fays be still! (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) (The noon call) - C. Stanford
- Hear the call! (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford (The noon call)
- Heave at the windlass! -- Heave O, cheerly, men! (from Day and Night Songs) - E. Elgar, W. Macfarren, A. Rowley, F. White (Windlass song)
- Heave at the windlass (Heave at the windlass! -- Heave O, cheerly, men!) (from Day and Night Songs) - F. White
- Homeward bound (Head the ship for England!) (from Day and Night Songs)
- I walked in the lonesome evening - B. Farebrother, J. White, M. Wood (Song -- Across the Sea)
- Kitty O'Hea (Now, Kitty O'Hea, darling jewel) (from Irish Songs and Poems) - A. Needham
- Little Cowboy, what have you heard - H. Bath (The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker)
- Lovely Mary Donnelly (Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, my joy, my only best) (from Day and Night Songs) - T. Barker, J. Sousa
- Moon soon sets now (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin) - C. Stanford
- Nick Spence, Nick Spence - G. Peel
- Nick Spence (Nick Spence, Nick Spence) - G. Peel
- Now, Kitty O'Hea, darling jewel (from Irish Songs and Poems) - A. Needham (Kitty O'Hea)
- Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, my joy, my only best (from Day and Night Songs) - T. Barker, J. Sousa (Lovely Mary Donnelly)
- One evening walking out, I o'er took a modest colleen (from Poems) - C. Wood (Among the heather)
- O Spirit of the Summertime (O spirit sweet of summertime) (from Poems) - V. Duke, A. Sutton
- O spirit sweet of summertime (from Poems) - C. Coombs, V. Duke, W. Stephens, A. Sutton (Song)
- Ring-Ting! I wish I were a Primrose (from Day and Night Songs) - F. Boott, W. Gilchrist, H. Loomis, W. Miessner, E. Newton, C. Stanford (Wishing)
- Robin Redbreast (Good-bye, good-bye to Summer!) (from Poems) - H. Clough-Leighter, F. Gernsheim, J. Hubbard, E. Johns, C. Stanford, E. Thiman
- Sailing home (Head the ship for England!) (from Day and Night Songs) - A. Rowley
- Song -- Across the Sea (I walked in the lonesome evening)
- Song (O spirit sweet of summertime) (from Poems)
- Spirit of Summertime (O spirit sweet of summertime) (from Poems) - C. Coombs
- Summertime (O spirit sweet of summertime) (from Poems) - W. Stephens
- Swing, swing,/ sing, sing (from Rhymes for the Young Folk) (A swing song) - U. Kasemets
- Swing, swing (from Rhymes for the Young Folk) - U. Kasemets (A swing song)
- The Abbot of Inisfalen awoke ere dawn of day (The Abbot of Inisfalen) - G. Palmer
- The Abbot of Inisfalen (The Abbot of Inisfalen) - G. Palmer
- The elfin shoemaker (Little Cowboy, what have you heard) - H. Bath
- The emigrant's adieu to Ballyshanny (Adieu to Ballyshanny ! where I was bred and born) (from Poems)
- The fairies (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - A. Bax, S. Bodley, B. Dieren, J. Foulds, H. Hadley, W. Macfarren, A. Robinson, M. Thomas, F. Ward
- The Fairy Folk (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - L. Gruenberg, J. Smith
- The fields in May (What can better please) (from Flower Pieces and Other Poems) - C. Coombs
- The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker (Little Cowboy, what have you heard)
- The little men (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - P. Mimart
- The noon call (Hear the call!) (from Songs, Ballads and Stories - Prince Brightkin)
- The primrose (Ring-Ting! I wish I were a Primrose) (from Day and Night Songs) - W. Gilchrist
- The wayside well (Greet thee kindly, Wayside Well) (from Day and Night Songs) - A. Cooper
- The winding banks of Erne (Adieu to Ballyshanny ! where I was bred and born) (from Poems) - H. Hughes
- Up the aery mountain (from Poems) - H. Bath, A. Bax, S. Bodley, J. Butt, B. Dieren, J. Foulds, L. Gruenberg, H. Hadley, M. Hill, W. Macfarren, P. Mimart, A. Needham, G. Rathbone, H. Read, H. Roberton, A. Robinson, M. Shaw, J. Smith, G. Taylor, M. Thomas, F. Ward, F. White, L. Woodgate (The fairies)
- Up the aery mountain (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - J. Butt, A. Needham, H. Roberton, M. Shaw, G. Taylor, F. White, L. Woodgate
- Up the airy mountain (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - G. Rathbone, H. Read
- We daren't go ahunting (Up the aery mountain) (from Poems) - M. Hill
- What a Little Thing (Four ducks on a pond) (from Evil May-Day &c.) - B. Crist
- What can better please (from Flower Pieces and Other Poems) - C. Coombs (The fields in May)
- Windlass song (Heave at the windlass! -- Heave O, cheerly, men!) (from Day and Night Songs) - E. Elgar, W. Macfarren, A. Rowley
- Wishing (Ring-Ting! I wish I were a Primrose) (from Day and Night Songs) - F. Boott, H. Loomis, W. Miessner, E. Newton, C. Stanford
Last update: 2024-01-15 20:19:49