by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
If I were hanged on the highest hill
Language: English
If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "Mother o' mine", appears in The Light That Failed, first published 1891 [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):
- possibly by George Aitken (b. 1882), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], note: may be a different G. Aitken [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Dedication", 1901, published 1912 [ tenor and piano ], from Kipling Settings, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Kellogg , "Mother o' mine", published 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Mother o' mine", published 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mrs. Raymond Maude , "Mother o' mine", published <<1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Homer Albert Norris (1860?5 - 1920), "Mother o' mine", published 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Ornstein (1892?4? - 2002), "Mother o' mine", published 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vilém Petrželka (1889 - 1967), "Mother o' mine", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Solitude of Sole, also set in Czech (Čeština) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Stuart Piggot , "Mother o' mine", published 1909 [ three-part or four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertha Remick , "Mother o' mine", published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caro Roma (1866 - 1937), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louie Sington , "Mother o' mine" [ voice and piano ], in To-day Magazine, July 1904; republished alone in 1922 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank E. Tours , "Mother o' mine", published 1903 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by B. Maxwell Weyman , "Mother o' mine", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vilém Petrželka.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation (J. St. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Widmung" ; composed by Paul Frommer.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-10
Line count: 11
Word count: 84
Widmung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Wär' ich verirrt an der Welten End', O, Mutter mein, Ich weiß, weß' Liebe mich dennoch fänd. Und wäre die tiefste See mein Grab, O, Mutter mein, Ich weiß, weß' Thränen kämen herab. Und wär' ich verdammt mit Fug und Recht, Ich weiß, weß' Beten mir Gnade brächt! O Mutter mein!
Confirmed with Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt und Illustrationen, Volume 27, page 712.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( J. St. ) , "Widmung" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "Mother o' mine", appears in The Light That Failed, first published 1891
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Widmung", op. 20, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-21
Line count: 9
Word count: 51