by Muna Lee (1895 - 1965)
Song in the hills
Language: English
My song is slight as words may be, And heedless as the breeze, Light as the shining drops of rain That shake from the budded trees. And it will hardly still a grief, Nor turn a heart from aching, But there’s a windy hill that knows What joy was in the making!
Text Authorship:
- by Muna Lee (1895 - 1965) [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), "Song in the hills", op. 117 (Three Songs) no. 3, published 1925
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-04
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