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by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)

My Own Country
 (Sung text for setting by P. Warlock)
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Language: English 
I shall go without companions,
And with nothing in my hand;
I shall pass through many places
That I cannot understand -
Until I come to my own country,
Which is a pleasant land!

The trees that grow in my own country
Are the beech tree and the yew;
Many stand together
And some stand few.
In the month of May in my own country
All the woods are new.

When I get to my own country
I shall lie down and sleep;
I shall watch in the valleys
The long flocks of sheep.
And then I shall dream, for ever and all,
A good dream and deep.

Composition:

    Set to music by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "My Own Country", 1927, published 1927 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Belloc Songs, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), no title, appears in The Four Men, first published 1911

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

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