by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Dead in the cold, a song‑singing thrush
Language: English
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush, Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,-- Weave him a coffin of rush, Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow, Raise him a tombstone of snow.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "Dead in the cold", published 1922 [ SS chorus and piano ], in School Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1908 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilda May Sarson (1901? - 1958), "Winter", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Boats and Bridges [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 5
Word count: 36