by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Oh, when I was in love with you
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Oh, when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave, And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave. And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain, And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 18, first published 1896 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Oh, when I was in love with you", from Housman Songs, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vernon Duke (1903 - 1969), "Oh, when I was in love", published 1955 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Songs from "A Shropshire Lad" [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Oh, when I was in love", 1983 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chester Duncan (1913 - 2002), "Oh, when I was in love with you", 1938 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "O, when I was in love with you", 1983-99, first performed 1999 [ voice and piano ], from Heart of the Stranger, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Heussenstamm (b. 1926), "Oh, when I was in love with you", published 1970 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Timothy Hoekman , "Oh, when I was in love with you", 1980, published 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Housman Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juli Nunlist , "Oh, when I was in love with you", published 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], in the collection Contemporary Art Song Album, volume II [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "Oh, when I was in love with you", 1926, published 1927 [ tenor and piano ], from Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad", no. 3, note: publication in the set occurred in 1959 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "Oh, when I was in love with you" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Oh, when I was in love with you", 1908-9, published 1911, rev. 1946 [ tenor, piano, and string quartet ad libitum ], from On Wenlock Edge, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mervin Whitcomb , "Oh, when I was in love", published 1953 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Two Housman Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Oh, when I was in love with you" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Oh, als verliebt ich war in dich", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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