by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893 - 1944), as Edward Lightfoot
Music to "The Rider by Night" See original
Language: English
MOTHER
Lully, lullay, my child, my lamb
hair of gold, read as the sun is red
Who when the long day is done
skips boots off, draws wool night-cap on,
Then pulls the blankets up over his head.
Lully, lullay.
...
GODMAMMA
On a horse?
...
GODMAMMA
Soon or late must come last
My prince…
Hoofs of fire! Eyes so wild
Whose black hair streams in the black blast…
Weeping she said ‘Sleep, sleep my child’
...
PETER
I hear hoofs.
...
VOICE WITHOUT
Once. ...
...
GODMAMMA
A bargain with you, Death.
...
DEATH
Now.
...
DEATH
No! It is time!
...
MOTHER
He is laughing.
Composition:
- Set to music by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Music to "The Rider by Night"", KSS 22 (1919), published 2008 [ orchestra and voices ], Bath, The Sorabji Archive; critical edition
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893 - 1944), as Edward Lightfoot, no title, written 1919, appears in The Rider by Night, first published 2008
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