by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
If I were hanged on the highest hill
Language: English
If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "Mother o' mine", appears in The Light That Failed, first published 1891 [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):
- possibly by George Aitken (b. 1882), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], note: may be a different G. Aitken [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Dedication", 1901, published 1912 [ tenor and piano ], from Kipling Settings, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Kellogg , "Mother o' mine", published 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Mother o' mine", published 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mrs. Raymond Maude , "Mother o' mine", published <<1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Homer Albert Norris (1860?5 - 1920), "Mother o' mine", published 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Ornstein (1892?4? - 2002), "Mother o' mine", published 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vilém Petrželka (1889 - 1967), "Mother o' mine", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Solitude of Sole, also set in Czech (Čeština) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Stuart Piggot , "Mother o' mine", published 1909 [ three-part or four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertha Remick , "Mother o' mine", published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caro Roma (1866 - 1937), "Mother o' mine", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louie Sington , "Mother o' mine" [ voice and piano ], in To-day Magazine, July 1904; republished alone in 1922 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank E. Tours , "Mother o' mine", published 1903 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by B. Maxwell Weyman , "Mother o' mine", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vilém Petrželka.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation (J. St. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Widmung" ; composed by Paul Frommer.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-10
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