A swell within her billowed skirts Like a great ship with sails unfurled The madwoman goes gallantly Upon the ridges of the world. With eagle nose and wisps of grey She strides upon the westward hills, Swings her umbrella joyously And waves it to the waving mills. Talking and laughing as she goes Indifferent to sun and rain, With all that merry company The singing children of her brain.
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Text Authorship:
- by Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 - 1958), "The mad woman of Punnet's Town", appears in Dublin Days, first published 1921 [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 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "The mad woman of Punnet's Town", c1927, first performed 1927 [ voice, violin, and piano ], from Four songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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