by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
Eilidh, Eilidh
Language: English
Eilidh, Eilidh, My bonny wee lass: The winds blow, And the hours pass. But never a wind Can do thee wrong, Brown Birdeen, singing Thy bird-heart song. And never an hour But has for thee Blue of the heaven And green of the sea: Blue for the hope of thee, Eilidh, Eilidh; Green for the joy of thee, Eilidh, Eilidh. Swing in they nest, then, Here on my heart, Birdeen, Birdeen, Here on my heart, Here on my heart!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "Hushing song", appears in From the Hills of Dream, 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 A. Anderson , "Hushing song", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Bath (1883 - 1945), "Hushing song", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "A hushing song", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1856 - 1943), "Brown birdeen", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Cox (1884 - 1941), "Brown birdeen", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Hopekirk (1856 - 1945), "Hushing song", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "Hushing song", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Barbara Thornley , "Hushing song", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Hushing song", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Boston: Oliver Ditson Co. [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-16
Line count: 21
Word count: 79