by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Over the hills and the valleys of...
Language: English
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming Slowly I take my way. Life is the night with its dream-visions teeming, Death is the waking at day. Down thro' the dales and the bowers of loving, Singing, I roam afar. Daytime or night-time, I constantly roving, -- Dearest one, thou art my star.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Over the hills", appears in Lyrics of the Hearthside, first published 1899 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Over the hills", 2009 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955), "Over the hills", published 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Over the hills", op. 17 (African Romances) no. 6, published 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "My star", op. 9 (Six Songs for Voice with Piano = Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 52