by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
I love the din of beating drums
Language: English
I love the din of beating drums, The bellowing pipe, the shrieking fife: The discord and the dissonance is my blood, my breath, my life! The discord and the dissonance is my life! Away with flutes and dancing lutes — Such music likes but lovers' ears: Give me the beating battledrum, The gunpeal and the cheers! The bellowing pipe and battledrum, The gunpeal and the cheers!
Confirmed with Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, 1909, page 54.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, "I love the din of beating drums", appears in The Mountainy Singer, Dublin, Maunsel and Company, first published 1909 [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 George Norman Peterkin (1886 - 1982), "I love the din of beating drums", published 1924 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-12
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