by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917)
Had I a golden pound
Language: English after the Irish (Gaelic)
Had I a golden pound to spend, My love should mend and sew no more. And I would buy her a little quern, Easy to turn on the kitchen floor. And for her windows curtains white, With birds in flight and flowers in bloom, To face with pride the road to town, And mellow down her sunlit room. And with the silver change we'd prove The truth of Love to life's own end, With hearts the years could but embolden, Had I a golden pound to spend.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917), "Had I a golden pound" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) 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 Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "Had I a golden pound", published 1962 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Had I A Golden Pound", op. 399 (1953) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 87