by Dana Burnet (1888 - 1962)
Wind o' the westland
Language: English
Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow, Bring me the dreams of long ago, Long, long ago. There was a white house on the hill; Tell me, winds, does it stand there still? For I was the lad at the windowsill, long, long ago. Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow, Bring me the loves of long ago, Long, long ago. There was a garden blooming fair, And an old, old lady walking there, And a little lad with tousled hair, Long, long ago. Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow, Bring me the dreams of long ago, Long, long ago. There was a shining path that lay Over the edge of the golden day, And I was the lad who rode away, Long, long ago.
Authorship:
- by Dana Burnet (1888 - 1962) [author's text not yet checked 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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Wind o' the westland", op. 77 (Two Songs) no. 2, published 1916 [ treble voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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