by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
Eilidh my Fawn
Language: English
[Far]1 away upon the hills at the lighting of the dawn I saw a stirring in the fern And out there leapt a Fawn, And O my heart was up at that and like the wind it blew Till its shadow hovered o'er the fawn as ['mid]2 the fern it flew... And Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh! was the [wind]3 song on the hill And Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh! did the echoing corries fill: My hunting heart was glad indeed, at the lighting of the dawn, For O it was the hunting then of my bonnie, bonnie Fawn.
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1 Bax: "O far"
2 Bax: "through"
3 Bax: "wind's"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
1 Bax: "O far"
2 Bax: "through"
3 Bax: "wind's"
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "Eilidh my Fawn", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Eilidh my Fawn", published 1906 [ baritone and piano ], from A Celtic Song-Cycle, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945), "Eilidh my Fawn", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs [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.
Line count: 8
Word count: 98