from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Language: English  after the Irish (Gaelic) 
I saw a stranger yester-e'en,
I put food in the eating-place,
Drink in the drinking-place,
Music in the listening-place,
And in the blessed name of the Triune,
He blessed myself and my dear ones,
My house and my cattle,
And the lark said in her song:
Often goes the Christ in the stranger's guise.

Composition:

    Set to music by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "The Stranger", published 1955 [ voice and piano ], G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 54