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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

When I think on the happy days
Language: English 
When I think on the happy days
  I spent wi’ you, my dearie;
And now what lands between us lie,
  How can I be but eerie!

How slow ye move, ye heavy hours,
  As ye were wae and weary!
It was na sae ye glinted by
  When I was wi’ my dearie.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with The World’s Best Poetry. Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation, edited by Bliss Carman, et al., John D. Morris & Co., Philidelphia, 1904.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Absence" [author's text checked 1 time 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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "When I think on the happy days", op. 303 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "When I think on the happy days", published 1936 [ baritone and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 4, no. 7, Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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