by James Vila Blake (1842 - 1925)
I will walk on the earth
Language: English
I will walk on the earth Up to the top o' the trees, Where sway the bird and the breeze, And Song's wild eyes Look to the skies: Up to the top o' the trees, Up to the top o' the trees! Up to the peaks o' the cloud, Where Echo's suburbs crowd The lightning's flash And thund'rous crash: Up to the peaks o' the cloud, Up to the peaks o' the cloud! Nay, I will walk on the earth; My love them all is worth: In Love I see All of them be, And more - more - I will walk on the earth, I will walk on the earth!
Authorship:
- by James Vila Blake (1842 - 1925) [author's text not yet checked 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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "I will walk on the earth", 1903, from Songs of a Wayfarer, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 111