by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958)
The sheep
Language: English
Slowly they pass In the grey of the evening Over the wet road, A flock of sheep. Slowly they wend In the grey of the gloaming Over the wet road That winds through the town. Slowly they pass, And gleaming whitely Vanish away In the grey of the evening. Ah, what memories Loom for a moment, Gleam for a moment, And vanish away, Of the white days When we two together Went in the evening, Where the sheep lay, We two together, Went with slow feet In the grey of the evening Where the sheep lay. Whitely they gleam For a moment and vanish.
Text Authorship:
- by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958), "The sheep", appears in The Twilight People, first published 1905 [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "The sheep", 1927 [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "The sheep", 1928 [ voice and piano ], second setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (1899 - 1973), "The sheep", published 1928 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Johnston (b. 1917), "The sheep", published 1971 [ high voice and piano ], from The Irish Book [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 26
Word count: 104