by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
Eilidh my Fawn
Language: English
Far away upon the hills at the lighting of the dawn I saw a stirring in the fern And out there leapt a Fawn, And O my heart was up at that and like the wind it blew Till its shadow hovered o'er the fawn as 'mid the fern it flew... And Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh! was the wind song on the hill And Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh! did the echoing corries fill: My hunting heart was glad indeed, at the lighting of the dawn, For O it was the hunting then of my bonnie, bonnie Fawn.
View text with all available footnotes
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "Eilidh my Fawn", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Eilidh my Fawn", published 1906 [ baritone and piano ], from A Celtic Song-Cycle, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945), "Eilidh my Fawn", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 95