Texts by W. Gibson set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)

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A casualty () - E. Bainton [x]
All day beneath the hurtling shells (from Battle) - P. Miles (The dancers)
All night under the moon (All night under the moon) (from Friends) - E. Bainton, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, F. Scott
All night under the moon (from Friends) - E. Bainton, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, F. Scott (For G.)
A lonely tree (A twisted ash, a ragged fir) (from Whin) - R. Housman
A lull in the racket and brattle (from Battle) - P. Miles (The lark)
Ambulance train (Red rowans in the rain) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
As I came by Blaweary (from Whin) - I. Gurney, H. Howells, W. Whittaker (Blaweary)
As I came down by Pity Me (from Whin) - I. Gurney, F. Hart, H. Howells (Pity Me)
As I was lying on Black Stitchel (from Whin) - I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys (Black Stitchel)
As the windhover - J. Jeffreys
A twisted ash, a ragged fir (from Whin) - F. Hart, R. Housman, W. Wordsworth (The lonely tree)
Audrey (On the sea's edge she dances) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
A wild bird filled the morning air (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] * - F. Hart (The fowler)
Because I set no snare - J. Raynor (Michael's Song)
Black Stitchel (As I was lying on Black Stitchel) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys
Blaweary (As I came by Blaweary) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, H. Howells, W. Whittaker
Bloom (Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
Broken, bewildered by the long retreat (from Friends) - P. Miles (Retreat)
Candle Gate (Who comes so late to Candle Gate?) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Cruel and bright as the whin (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys, E. Thompson (Cruel and bright)
Cruel and bright (Cruel and bright as the whin) (from Whin) - E. Thompson
Curlew calling down the slack (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys (Curlew calling)
Curlew calling (Curlew calling down the slack) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Driving up the Mallerstang (from Whin) - I. Gurney, H. Howells (The mugger's song)
Epilogue-Lament (We who are left, how shall we look again) (from Whin) - P. Miles
Evening (Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - F. Hart [x] *
Fallowfield Fell () - H. Howells [x]
For G. (All night under the moon) (from Friends)
From Wolsingham to Frosterley (from Whin) - I. Gurney (Sam Spraggon)
Girl's song (I saw three black pigs riding) (from Friends) - H. Howells
Heatherland and bent-land - J. Jeffreys
He is tender with the beasts (He is tender with the beasts) (from The Golden Room and Other Poems) - D. Ford [x] *
Her mind's a shallow bowl (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] * - F. Hart (The pool)
Hit (Out of the sparkling sea) (from Battle) - P. Miles
Honeymoon () - E. Bainton [x]
I came by Raw from Hungry Law (from Whin) - I. Gurney (Pedlar Jack)
I could not understand the sudden quiet (from Battle) - P. Miles (The quiet)
I met an old man at Stow-on-the-Wold (from Whin) - H. Howells, J. Jeffreys (Stow-on-the-Wold)
In smoky lamplight of a Smyrna Café (from Neighbours) - N. Fulton (The cakewalk)
Into the night (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] * - R. Housman (The rocket)
I saw three black pigs riding (from Friends) - H. Howells (Girl's song)
Just to see the rain (from Whin) - F. Hart (Yeavering Bell)
Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] * - B. Treharne (Bloom)
Lament (We who are left, how shall we look again) (from Whin) - G. Finzi, B. Frankel, B. Pentland
Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] * - F. Hart (Sabbath)
Merry eye (On the day ere I was born) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Michael's Song (Because I set no snare) - J. Raynor
My dream garden (Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - B. Treharne [x] *
Northumberland (Heatherland and bent-land) - J. Jeffreys
O came you by Skirlnaked (from Whin) - F. Hart (Skirlnaked)
Old Meg (There's never the taste of a cherry for me) (from Whin) - H. Howells
Old Skinflint ('Twixt Carrowbrough Edge and Settlingstones) (from Whin) - H. Howells, L. Rafter
One song leads on to another (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] * - W. Whittaker (The empty purse)
On the day ere I was born (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys (Merry eye)
On the sea's edge she dances (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] * - F. Hart (Audrey)
Otterburn (The lad who went to Flanders) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Out of the sparkling sea (from Battle) - P. Miles (Hit)
Pedlar Jack (I came by Raw from Hungry Law) (from Whin) - I. Gurney
Pity Me (As I came down by Pity Me) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, F. Hart, H. Howells
Red roses floating in a crystal bowl (from Friends) - A. Blake, I. Gurney (Roses)
Red roses (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends) - I. Gurney
Red rowans in the rain (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys (Ambulance train)
Retreat (Broken, bewildered by the long retreat) (from Friends) - P. Miles
Return (Rust-red the bracken in the rain) (from Neighbours) - F. Hart
Roses (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends)
Rust-red the bracken in the rain (from Neighbours) - F. Hart (Return)
Sabbath (Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
Sam Spraggon (From Wolsingham to Frosterley) (from Whin) - I. Gurney
Scatterpenny (You'd take me for a lucky lad) (from Whin) - E. Thompson, W. Whittaker
Skirlnaked (O came you by Skirlnaked) (from Whin) - F. Hart
Song of a lass, O ('Twixt Ridlees Cairn and Corby Pike) (from Whin) - W. Whittaker
Stars (Who travelling through a midnight wood) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - F. Hart [x] *
Stow-on-the-Wold (I met an old man at Stow-on-the-Wold) (from Whin) - H. Howells, J. Jeffreys
The cakewalk (In smoky lamplight of a Smyrna Café) (from Neighbours) - N. Fulton
The chestnut-blossom fell (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] * - G. Peterkin (The chestnut-blossom)
The chestnut-blossom (The chestnut-blossom fell) (from I Heard a Sailor) - G. Peterkin [x] *
The crowder ('Twixt Coldmouth Hill and Butterstone Shank) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, W. Whittaker [x]
The crystal bowl (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends) - A. Blake
The dancers (All day beneath the hurtling shells) (from Battle) - P. Miles
The dancing seal (When we were building Skua Light) (from Fires) - E. Bainton
The empty purse (One song leads on to another) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - W. Whittaker [x] *
The fowler (A wild bird filled the morning air) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
The lad who went to Flanders (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys (Otterburn)
The lark (A lull in the racket and brattle) (from Battle) - P. Miles
The little red calf (The little red calf) (from I Heard a Sailor) - C. Taylor [x] *
The lonely tree (A twisted ash, a ragged fir) (from Whin) - F. Hart, W. Wordsworth
The mugger's song (Driving up the Mallerstang) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, H. Howells
The pool (Her mind's a shallow bowl) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
The quarry (As the windhover) - J. Jeffreys
The quiet (I could not understand the sudden quiet) (from Battle) - P. Miles
There's never the taste of a cherry for me (from Whin) - H. Howells (Old Meg)
The rocket (Into the night) (from I Heard a Sailor) - R. Housman [x] *
The tavern () - H. Löhr [x]
The whin (Cruel and bright as the whin) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
The wind (To the lean clean land, to the last cold height) (from Thoroughfares) - W. Wordsworth
To the lean clean land, to the last cold height (from Thoroughfares) - W. Wordsworth (The wind)
'Twixt Carrowbrough Edge and Settlingstones (from Whin) - H. Howells, L. Rafter (Old Skinflint)
'Twixt Coldmouth Hill and Butterstone Shank (from Whin) [x] - I. Gurney, W. Whittaker (The crowder)
'Twixt Ridlees Cairn and Corby Pike (from Whin) - W. Whittaker (Song of a lass, O)
We who are left, how shall we look again (from Whin) - G. Finzi, B. Frankel, P. Miles, B. Pentland (Lament)
When we were building Skua Light (from Fires) - E. Bainton (The dancing seal)
Who comes so late to Candle Gate? (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys (Candle Gate)
Who travelling through a midnight wood (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] * - F. Hart (Stars)
Yeavering Bell (Just to see the rain) (from Whin) - F. Hart
You'd take me for a lucky lad (from Whin) - E. Thompson, W. Whittaker (Scatterpenny)

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