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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

Looking forward
 (Sung text for setting by M. Williamson)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
Our translations:  ITA
When I am grown to man's estate
I shall be very proud and great,
And tell the other girls and boys
Not to meddle with my toys.

Composition:

    Set to music by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "Looking forward", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Looking forward", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Pensando al futuro", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 27

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