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by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)

The rivals
Language: English 
I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
But I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me.

I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me
That the dew was on the lawn
And the wind was on the lea;
I was singing at the time
Just as prettily as he.

I was singing all the time,
Just a prettily as he,
About the dew upon the lawn
And the wind upon the lea;
So I didn't listen to him
As he sang upon a tree. 

Text Authorship:

  • by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "The rivals", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [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 Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The rivals", from The Rivals, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by M. Bowles , "The rivals", published <<1959 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs on Poems by James Stephens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Duff , "The rivals", published 1937 [ voice, unaccompanied ], in Broadside, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Byron Mourant (1910 - 1995), "The rivals" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Joseph) Deems Taylor (1885 - 1966), "The rivals", 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Three songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Roy Teed (b. 1928), "The rivals", c1963 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by L. J. White , "The rivals", published 1952 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 108

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