by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Marching song
Language: English
Bring the comb and play upon it! Marching, here we come! Willie cocks his highland bonnet, Johnnie beats the drum. Mary Jane commands the party, Peter leads the rear; Feet in time, alert and hearty, Each a Grenadier! All in the most martial manner Marching double-quick; While the napkin like a banner Waves upon the stick! Here's enough of fame and pillage, Great commander Jane! Now that we've been round the village, Let's go home again.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Marching song", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Marching song", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Nine songs from "A Child's Garden of Verse" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Crawford , "Marching song", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "Marching song", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "Marching song", published 1928-30 [ voice and piano ], in The Music Hour [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladimir Drozdoff , "Marching song", published 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Stevensonia [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Falk , "Marching song", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor (1858 - 1940?), "Marching song", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Six songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mabel Wood Hill (1870 - 1954), "Marching song", published c1902 [ voice and piano ], from Seven songs of Stevenson, no. 4, Cincinnati: J. Church Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Marching song", published 1902 [ voice or vocal quartet and piano ], from More daisies: new songs of childhood, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sven Lekberg (1899 - 1984), "Marching song", published 1958 [ SATBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Russell Naylor (b. 1933), "Marching song", published 1964 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Marching song", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Three Leaves from a Child's Garden, S. Acott, Harris & Co [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Marching song", published 1963 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Spedding (b. 1929), "Marching song", published 1959 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Marching song", op. 30 no. 7, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Roy Thompson , "Marching song", published <<1951 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Brown Russell Whitfield , "Marching song", published <<1967 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrick Williams (1905 - 1985), "Marching song", published 1968 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "Marching song", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luigi Zaninelli (b. 1932), "Marching song", published 1962 [ SSA chorus and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from The world is so full [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76