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 [text not verified]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Ferry me across the water", 2013, published 2013 [2-part chorus and piano], Houston, Alliance Music [text verified 1 time]
- by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Ferry me across the water", published 1924. [2-part chorus of equal voices, piano] [text not verified]
- by Shena Eleanor Fraser (1910 - 1993), "The ferryman", published 1952. [unison chorus, piano] [text not verified]
- 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. [text not verified]
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Ferry me across the water", 1983-2002, first performed 2002 [voice and piano], from Letting Go, no. 2. [text not verified]
- by Marjorie Helyer , "The ferryman", published 1957. [unison chorus, piano] [text not verified]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Ferry me across the water", op. 23 (Two songs) no. 2, published 1912. [voice, piano] [text not verified]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "The ferry", 1921, published 1921. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902 - 1986), "Ferry me across the water", published 1964. [unison chorus, piano] [text not verified]
- by David Lord (b. 1944), "The ferryman", published 1965. [chorus (singing in unison or antiphonally), piano] [text not verified]
- by Dorothy Parke , "The ferryman", published 1962. [unison chorus with optional second part, piano] [text not verified]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Ferry me across the water", published 1924 [voice, piano], J. B. Cramer & Co. [text not verified]
- by Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "Ferry me across the water", from The Nantucket Songs, no. 9. [text verified 1 time]
- by Beatrice Macgowan Scott , "Ferry me across the water", published 1934 [chorus a cappella], from the collection Introduction to Part Singing [text not verified]
- by Sebastian Scott , "Ferry me across the water", published 1920. [unison chorus, piano] [text not verified]
- by Cecil Sharman (1894 - ?), "Ferry me across the water", published 1936 [unison chorus and piano], from Four Rossetti Poems [text not verified]
- by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958), "The ferryman", published 1917. [voice, piano] [text not verified]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Ferry me across the water", published 1916 [voice and piano], from the collection Kookoorookoo and other songs [text not verified]
- by Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880 - 1959), "The maid and the ferry", published 1907 [voice and piano], from Sing-Song Cycle [text not verified]
- by Eric Harding Thiman (1900 - 1975), "The ferry", published 1928. [SS chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Joseph Wardale , "The ferryman", published 1956. [SS chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Philip George Wilkinson (b. 1929), "The ferryman", published 1959. [unison children's chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58