Wine comes in at the mouth (Yeats, set by (Seóirse Bodley, Brian Boydell, Joseph Eidson, Derek Healey, Donald Howard Keats, Peter Warlock, Eugene John Weigel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

Wine comes in at the mouth

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE IRI

Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

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Authorship

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "A drinking song", appears in The Green Helmet and Other Poems, first published 1910 [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 Seóirse Bodley (b. 1933), "A drinking song", c1953. [baritone and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Brian Boydell (1917 - 2000), "Drinking song", 1965 [soprano and Irish harp], from Three Yeats Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Brian Boydell (1917 - 2000), "Drinking song", 1966 [soprano and orchestra], from Four Yeats Poems [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Joseph Eidson , "A drinking song", 2013 [soprano (or tenor) and piano], from Amhráin as an Linn Dubh. Songs From the Black Pool, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "A drinking song", 1962 [voice and piano], from Six Irish Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Donald Howard Keats (b. 1929), "A drinking song", published 1965. [four-part men's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Wine comes in at the mouth", 1920-2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Eugene John Weigel (1910 - 1998), "A drinking song", published 1950 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Four songs for women's voices [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 40