Ferry me across the water (Rossetti, set by Allan Blank, Matthew Emery, Gerald Finzi, Shena Eleanor Fraser, Daron Aric Hagen, Marjorie Helyer, Sidney Homer, John Ireland, John Basil Hugh Longmire, David Lord, Dorothy Parke, Graham Peel, Ned Rorem, Beatrice Macgowan Scott, Sebastian Scott, Cecil Sharman, Martin Edward Fallas Shaw, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir, Felix Gerald Swinstead, Eric Harding Thiman, Joseph Wardale, Philip George Wilkinson) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Ferry me across the water

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

"Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."
"If you've a penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."

"I have a penny in my purse,
And my eyes are blue;
So ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do!"

"Step into my ferry-boat,
Be they black or blue,
And for the penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."

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Authorship

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Allan Blank (b. 1925), "The ferryman", published 1969 [voice, piano duet], from Escapades: Songs for Rote and Piano Duet [
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by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Ferry me across the water", 2013, published 2013 [2-part chorus and piano], Houston, Alliance Music [
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by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Ferry me across the water", published 1924. [2-part chorus of equal voices, piano] [
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by Shena Eleanor Fraser (1910 - 1993), "The ferryman", published 1952. [unison chorus, piano] [
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by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Ferry me across the water", 1984, first performed 1984 [voice and piano trio], from Three Silent Things, no. 3. [
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by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Ferry me across the water", 1983-2002, first performed 2002 [voice and piano], from Letting Go, no. 2. [
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by Marjorie Helyer , "The ferryman", published 1957. [unison chorus, piano] [
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by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Ferry me across the water", op. 23 (Two songs) no. 2, published 1912. [voice, piano] [
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by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "The ferry", 1921, published 1921. [unison chorus and piano] [
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by John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902 - 1986), "Ferry me across the water", published 1964. [unison chorus, piano] [
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by David Lord (b. 1944), "The ferryman", published 1965. [chorus (singing in unison or antiphonally), piano] [
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by Dorothy Parke , "The ferryman", published 1962. [unison chorus with optional second part, piano] [
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by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Ferry me across the water", published 1924 [voice, piano], J. B. Cramer & Co. [
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by Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "Ferry me across the water", from The Nantucket Songs, no. 9. [
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by Beatrice Macgowan Scott , "Ferry me across the water", published 1934 [chorus a cappella], from the collection Introduction to Part Singing [
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by Sebastian Scott , "Ferry me across the water", published 1920. [unison chorus, piano] [
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by Cecil Sharman (1894 - ?), "Ferry me across the water", published 1936 [unison chorus and piano], from Four Rossetti Poems [
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by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958), "The ferryman", published 1917. [voice, piano] [
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by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Ferry me across the water", published 1916 [voice and piano], from the collection Kookoorookoo and other songs [
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by Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880 - 1959), "The maid and the ferry", published 1907 [voice and piano], from Sing-Song Cycle [
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by Eric Harding Thiman (1900 - 1975), "The ferry", published 1928. [SS chorus and piano] [
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by Joseph Wardale , "The ferryman", published 1956. [SS chorus and piano] [
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by Philip George Wilkinson (b. 1929), "The ferryman", published 1959. [unison children's chorus a cappella] [
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