by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
Grafton Street
Language: English
At four o'clock, in dainty talk, Lords and lovely ladies walk, With a gentle dignity, From the Green to Trinity. And at five o'clock they take, In a Cafe, tea and cake, Then they call a carriage, and Drive back into fairyland.
Text Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "Grafton Street", appears in The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin, first published 1915 [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 Tom Dobson (1890 - 1918), "Grafton Street", published <<1940, from The Rocky Road to Dublin [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 43