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by Dana Burnet (1888 - 1962)

Wind o' the westland
Language: English 
Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow,
Bring me the dreams of long ago,
Long, long ago.
There was a white house on the hill;
Tell me, winds, does it stand there still?
For I was the lad at the windowsill,
long, long ago.

Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow,
Bring me the loves of long ago,
Long, long ago.
There was a garden blooming fair,
And an old, old lady walking there,
And a little lad with tousled hair,
Long, long ago.

Wind o' the Westland, blow, blow,
Bring me the dreams of long ago,
Long, long ago.
There was a shining path that lay 
Over the edge of the golden day,
And I was the lad who rode away,
Long, long ago.

Text Authorship:

  • by Dana Burnet (1888 - 1962) [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Wind o' the westland", op. 77 (Two Songs) no. 2, published 1916 [ treble voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 123

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