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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Fly away, fly away over the sea
Language: English 
Our translations:  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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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 Susanne Abbuehl (b. 1970), no title [ voice, flugelhorn, sansula, Indian harmonium ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • 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]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 28

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