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© by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996)

Fisherman’s Bride
Language: English 
Around us a muted din Of fiddles and feet
 [ ... ]

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

Confirmed with George Mackay Brown, Selected Poems,, London : The Hogarth Press, 1977, p.61


Text Authorship:

  • by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996), "Fisherman’s Bride", copyright © [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 Claire Liddell (b. 1937), "Fisherman’s Bride", 1975 [ soprano and piano ], from Five Orkney Scenes, no. 4, Roberton Publications [sung text not yet checked]

This text was added to the website: 2026-05-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 66

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