by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
Tillie
Language: English
Old Tillie Turveycombe Sat to sew, Just where a patch of fern did grow; There, as she yawned, And yawn wide did she, Floated some seed Down her gull-e-t; And look you once, And look you twice, Poor old Tillie Was gone in a trice. But oh, when the wind Do a-moaning come, 'Tis poor old Tillie Sick for home; And oh, when a voice In the mist do sigh, Old Tillie Turveycombe's Floating by.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Tillie", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 1. Up and Down, no. 20, first published 1913 [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 Theodore Ward Chanler (1902 - 1961), "Tillie", published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Rhymes from Peacock Pie, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael John Hurd (1928 - 2006), "Tillie", published 1968 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Four Rhymes from "Peacock Pie" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eric Leigh , "Tillie", published 1960 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-08
Line count: 19
Word count: 75