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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Good‑bye in fear, good‑bye in sorrow
Language: English 
"Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow,
  Good-bye, and all in vain,
Never to meet again, my dear" -
  "Never to part again."

"Good-bye today, good-bye tomorrow,
  Good-bye till earth shall wane,
Never to meet again, my dear" -
  "Never to part again."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "Good-bye", published 1976 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ossip (or Iosef) Salomonovich Gabrilovich (1878 - 1936), "Good-Bye", op. 2 no. 1 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Death-parting", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice, piano ], from Mother and Child, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Horatio William Parker (1863 - 1919), "Good-bye", published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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