Some one came knocking At my wee, small door; Some one came knocking, I'm sure - sure - sure; I listened, I opened, I looked to left and right, But naught there was a-stirring In the still dark night; Only the busy beetle Tap-tapping in the wall, Only from the forest The screech-owl's call, Only the cricket whistling [While]1 the dewdrops fall, So I know not who came knocking, At all, at all, at all.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Some one", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 10, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), "Some one", published 1957 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Choral Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by Violet Balestreri Archer (1913 - 2000), "Some one", copyright © 1976 [ voice and piano ], Waterloo, Waterloo Music [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Some one", 2006 [ medium-high voice, piano ], from Pieces of Peacock Pie, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Edward) Maurice Besly (1888 - 1945), "Some one", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "Some one", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lita Grier , "Some one", 1999, from 5 Songs For Children, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Some one", from A Garland for de la Mare, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Newton Swift , "Some one", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
- by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Some one", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
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