by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The silver penny
Language: English
"Sailorman, I'll give to you My bright silver penny, If out to sea you'll sail me And my dear sister Jenny." "Get in, young sir, I'll sail ye And your dear sister Jenny, But pay she shall her golden locks Instead of your penny." They sail away, they sail away, O fierce the winds blew! The foam flew in clouds, And dark the night grew! And all the wild sea-water Climbed steep into the boat; Back to the shore again Sail they will not. Drowned is the sailorman, Drowned is sweet Jenny, And drowned in the deep sea A bright silver penny.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The silver penny", appears in Songs of Childhood, first published 1902 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The silver penny", published 1925 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael John Hurd (1928 - 2006), "The silver penny", published 1963, from Sea and Shore Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Stoll , "The silver penny", published 1966 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-09
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Word count: 102