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.
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" [text not verified]
- by Thomas Crawford , "Marching song", published 1915 [voice and piano], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "Marching song", published 1910 [voice and piano], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [text not verified]
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "Marching song", published 1928-30 [voice and piano], in The Music Hour [text not verified]
- by Vladimir Drozdoff , "Marching song", published 1951 [voice and piano], from Stevensonia [text not verified]
- by Edward Falk , "Marching song", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garden of Verses [text not verified]
- by Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor (1858 - 1940?), "Marching song", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Six songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [text not verified]
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Marching song", published 1902 [voice or vocal quartet and piano], from More daisies: new songs of childhood, no. 8. [text not verified]
- by Sven Lekberg (1899 - 1984), "Marching song", published 1958. [SATBB chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Peter Russell Naylor (b. 1933), "Marching song", published 1964. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- 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 [text not verified]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Marching song", published 1963. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Frank Spedding (b. 1929), "Marching song", published 1959. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- 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. [text not verified]
- by E. Roy Thompson , "Marching song", published <<1951. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by John Brown Russell Whitfield , "Marching song", published <<1967. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Patrick Williams (1905 - 1985), "Marching song", published 1968. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (b. 1931), "Marching song", published 1968 [high voice and piano], from From a child's garden, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
- by Luigi Zaninelli (b. 1932), "Marching song", published 1962 [SSA chorus and piano or instrumental ensemble], from The world is so full [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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