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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation © by Paolo Montanari
In winter I get up at night
Language: English
Available translation(s): ITA
In winter I get up at night, And dress by yellow candle light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?
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Authorship
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Bed in summer", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [author's text not yet checked 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 Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Does it not seem hard", published 1911 [voice and piano], from Nine songs from "A Child's Garden of Verse" [text not verified]
- by Norah Blaney , "Bed in summer", published 1918. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Harry Brook (1893 - ?), "Bed in summer", published 1930. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Thomas Crawford , "Bed in summer", published 1915 [voice and piano], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 1. [text not verified]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "Bed in summer", published 1910 [voice and piano], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [text not verified]
- by Edward Falk , "Bed in summer", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garden of Verses [text not verified]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Song of Bed-time", op. 67 (Child Lyrics) no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
- by Antonio Giacometti (b. 1957), "Bed in summer", 2005 [baritone and piano], from Seven Stevenson Songs, no. 7. [text not verified]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Bed in summer", 1912, published 1915. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "Bed in summer", published 1916. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "Bed in summer", published 1907. [alto or baritone and piano] [text not verified]
- by David Moule-Evans (b. 1905), "Bed in summer", published <<1951. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "In winter I get up at night", <<1901 [voice and piano], from Three songs, no. 1. [text not verified]
- by Horatio William Parker (1863 - 1919), "Bed in summer", published 1920 [unaccompanied voice], adapted to an English folk air, in The Progressive Music Series [text not verified]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Bed in summer", published c1952. [soprano and piano] [text not verified]
- by Marvin Radnor , "Bed in summer", published 1923. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Bed in summer", published 1963. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879 - 1943), "Bed in summer", published 1915. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Bed in summer", op. 30 no. 1, published 1892 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 1. [text not verified]
- by Joseph Wardale , "Bed in summer", published 1958. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Philip George Wilkinson (b. 1929), "Bed in summer", published 1955. [unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Luigi Zaninelli (b. 1932), "Bed in summer", published 1962 [SSA chorus and piano or instrumental ensemble], from The world is so full [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , title 1: "Letto in estate", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 87
Letto in estate
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
D'inverno mi sveglio che è notte e mi vesto alla luce gialla della candela. D'estate, proprio al contrario, devo andare a letto di giorno. Devo andare a letto e vedere gli uccellini che zompettano ancora sull'albero o ascoltare le scarpe dei grandi che vanno ancora su e giù per la strada. E a te non sembra una cosa crudele, quando il cielo è ancora azzurro e io vorrei tanto giocare dover andare a letto di giorno?
Authorship
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Paolo Montanari, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Bed in summer", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 76