by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944)
The blue hills of Antrim
Language: English
The blue hills of Antrim I see in my dreams, The high hills of Antrim, the glens and the streams; In sunlight and shadow, in weal and in woe, The sweet vision haunts me wherever I go. Sleeve Trostan's in shadow, and Glenan in tears Looks sorrowing up at her Love thro' the years: That sad look at Trostan I cannot forget; My heart pines in darkness, my lashes are wet. Red dawn is at breaking, and Sleeve-meesh is glad In smiles to the green fields and fallows of Braud; Craigbilly is waking from night's dewy sleep, And Kella's young streams with my new pulses leap.
Authorship
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), "The blue hills of Antrim" [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 Edgar Martin Deale (1902 - 1999), "The blue hills of Antrim", 1950. [SSA chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by (Herbert) Hamilton Harty, Sir (1879 - 1941), "The blue hills of Antrim", published 1905. [medium voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Dorothy Parke , "The blue hills of Antrim", published 1959. [SSA chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Text added to the website: 2009-02-03 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:06
Line count: 12
Word count: 106