by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
The sun's travels
Language: English
The sun is not a-bed, when I At night upon my pillow lie; Still round the earth his way he takes, And morning after morning makes. While here at home, in shining day, We round the sunny garden play, Each little Indian sleepy-head Is being kissed and put to bed. And when at eve I rise from tea, Day dawns beyond the Atlantic Sea; And all the children in the west Are getting up and being dressed.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The sun's travels", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "The sun's travels", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from The Stevenson Song-Book [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold William Rhodes (1889 - 1956), "The sun's travels", published <<1951 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold McC. Shields , "The sun's travels", published 1937 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith Swepstone (flourished 1887-1915), "The sun's travels", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson's Songs for Children, no. 4, London : J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 77