When cats run home and light is come (Tennyson, set by Herbert Kennedy Andrews, Johan Backer-Lunde, Seymour Barab, Richard Rodney Bennett, William Richard Bexfield, A. Herbert Brewer, Alan Bullard, Ernest Bullock, Sir, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Frank Chapple, Rebecca Clarke, Arnold Atkinson Cooke, Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Theodora Dutton, Christopher Montague Edmunds, Nicolas Flagello, Percival Garratt, R. A. Gatty, Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, Joseph Groocock, Marjorie Helyer, Francis Alan Jackson, Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob, Roger Parks Jones, Louis Lavater, Cuthbert Edward Osmond, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir, Montague Fawcett Phillips, Henry Hugo Pierson, Arthur John Pritchard, Daniel Protheroe, J. W. Sidebotham, Edward Silas, Harold Hinchcliffe Sykes, Eric Harding Thiman, Vally Weigl, née Pick) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

When cats run home and light is come

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

When cats run home and light is come
And dew is cold upon the ground,
And the far-off stream is dumb,
And the whirring sail goes round;
Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.

When merry milkmaids click the latch,
And rarely smells the new-mown hay,
And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch
Twice or thrice his round-e-lay;
Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.

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Authorship

by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Song -- The owl", appears in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, first published 1830 [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 Herbert Kennedy Andrews (1904 - 1965), "When cats run home", published 1945 [high voice and piano], from Two Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johan Backer-Lunde (1874 - 1958), "The owl", op. 42 no. 2 [voice and orchestra] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The owl", copyright © 1979 [soprano or tenor, recorder, and guitar], from Bagatelles, no. 7, New York : Galaxy Music [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "The owl", published 1966 [voice or unison chorus and piano], from The Aviary, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by William Richard Bexfield (1824 - 1853), "The owl", published 1881 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by A. (Alfred or Arthur?) Herbert Brewer (1865 - 1928), "When cats run home", published 1927 [SS chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Alan Bullard (b. 1947), "The owl", 1985, first performed 1985 [baritone and piano], from Three Bird Songs, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ernest Bullock, Sir (1890 - 1979), "When cats run home", published 1961 [SS chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "The owl", published 1962 [SAB chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Frank Chapple , "The owl", published 1928 [SS chorus or SA chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "The owl", 1909? [SATB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Arnold Atkinson Cooke (1906 - 2005), "The owl", 1956, published 1963 [soprano or tenor, horn, and piano], from Nocturnes, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "The owl", published 1915 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Theodora Dutton , "To the owl", published <<1940 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Christopher Montague Edmunds (1899 - 1990), "The owl", published 1930 [SS chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Nicolas Flagello (b. 1928), "The owl", published 1964 [bass-baritone and chamber orchestra or piano], from The Land [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Percival Garratt (1877 - 1953), "The owl", published 1923 [2-part chorus of medium-high voices and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by R. A. Gatty , "The owl", published 1869 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868 - 1928), "The owl", published 1910 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Joseph Groocock , "The owl", published c1953 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Marjorie Helyer , "When cats run home", published 1957 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Francis Alan Jackson (b. 1917), "The owl", published 1949 [SSA chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob (1895 - 1984), "When cats run home", published 1938 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Roger Parks Jones (b. 1944), "The white owl" [SATB chorus and instrumental ensemble] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Louis Lavater (1867 - 1953), "The white owl", published 1933 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Cuthbert Edward Osmond (1904 - 1937), "The owl", published 1948 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "The owl", published 1909 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Montague Fawcett Phillips (1885 - 1969), "The owl", published 1939 [SS chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "The white owl", published 1875 [voice and piano], also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Arthur John Pritchard , "When cats run home", published 1947 [TTBB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "The owl", published 1917 [voices and piano], from Fifth Year Music [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by J. W. Sidebotham , "The owl", published <<1892 [chorus] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Edward Silas (1827 - 1909), "The owl", published 1867 [SATB chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Harold Hinchcliffe Sykes , "The owl", published 1966 [unison chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Eric Harding Thiman (1900 - 1975), "When cats run home", published 1930 [2-part chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "The owl", published 1962-3 [medium voice and piano], from Songs for a child [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karoline (or Caroline) Wilhelmine Leonhardt (1811 - 1899) ; composed by Henry Hugo Pierson.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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