by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by E. D. (Evangeline Dora) Edwards (1888 - 1957)
The Herd Boy's Song
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
Splashing water, Luscious grass, Somebody's child is herding an ox, Riding his ox by the riverside, Browsing ox; Happy youth! Away at dawn my ox I ride And back again at eventide: My rush hat shelters me from rain In silks and sables what's to gain? When the sun on his golden horse rides high Down to the river go ox and I When the sinking sun makes shadows creep He carries me home on his back asleep.
Text Authorship:
- by E. D. (Evangeline Dora) Edwards (1888 - 1957) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Oldham (1926 - 2003), "The Herd Boy's Song", from Chinese Lyrics [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 78