Fly away, fly away over the sea (Rossetti, set by (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, Grace Wilbur Conant, Walford Davies, Sir, Imogen Clare Holst)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Fly away, fly away over the sea

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

Fly away, fly away over the sea,
  Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done;
Come again, come again, come back to me,
  Bringing the summer and bringing the sun.

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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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "The swallow", published 1914 [ voices a cappella ], in First Year Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Grace Wilbur Conant (1858 - 1948), "Fly away, swallow", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], in Songs for Little People [sung text not yet checked]
by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Fly away, fly away over the sea", published 1916 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Imogen Clare Holst (1907 - 1984), "Fly away over the sea", published 1936 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
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Word count: 28