by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Out over the Forth
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Out over the Forth, I look to the north; But what is the north and its Highlands to me? The south nor the east gie ease to my breast, The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. But I look to the west when I gae to my rest, That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be; For far in the west lives he I love best, The man that is dear to my babie and me.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Out over the Forth" [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 Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Out over the Forth" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Out over the Forth", 1885, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs by Robert Burns, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "In Westen" ; composed by Ivar Hallström, Heinrich August Marschner, Robert Schumann.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 79