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by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931)

Spinning‑wheel song
 (Sung text for setting by C. Stanford)
 See original
Language: English 
Once my wheel ran cheerily round,
  Ran cheerily round from day to day,
But now it runs how wearily round;
  For Owen's gone away.
Once I spun soft carolling O,
  Soft carolling O! from morn to eve,
But since we started quarrelling, oh!
  'Tis silently I weave.

Has he joined Sir Arthur, ochone!
  Sir Arthur, ochone! to fight the French? 
Though he was rude, I'd rather, ochone!
  He joined me on this bench. 
Hush ! he's been deluthering you,
  Deluthering you with swords and drums, 
And now I think 'tis soothering you,
  'Tis soothering you, he comes.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Spinning-wheel song", published [1882?] [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Old Ireland. A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies Unknown in England, no. 20, arrangement ; London, Boosey & Co. ; dedicated to Johannes Brahms, August 1882

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846 - 1931), "Spinning-wheel song", appears in Father O'Flynn and other Irish Lyrics, first published 1880

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-16
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