Over the Sea to Skye | Sing me a song of a lad that is gone

Sing me a song of a lad that is gone

Language: English

Our translations: HUN

Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
      Say, could that lad be I?
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
      Over the sea to Skye.

Mull was astern, Rum on the port,
      Eigg on the starboard bow;
Glory of youth glowed in his soul;
      Where is that glory now?

Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
      Say, could that lad be I?
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
      Over the sea to Skye.

Give me again all that was there,
      Give me the sun that shone!
Give me the eyes, give me the soul,
      Give me the lad that's gone!

Sing me a song of a lad that is gone,
      Say, could that lad be I?
Merry of soul he sailed on a day
      Over the sea to Skye.

Billow and breeze, islands and seas,
      Mountains of rain and sun,
All that was good, all that was fair,
      All that was me is gone.

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in Pall Mall Gazette, December 1894, titled "Over the Sea to Skye"

Text Authorship:

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 42, first published 1896 [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 Charles Burnham , "Sing me a song of a lad that is gone", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Sing me a song of a lad that is gone", op. 15 no. 1, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs from "Underwoods", no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Over the sea to Skye" [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Over the Sea to Skye", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], piano part arranged by H. J. Stewart [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 163