by Joanna Baillie (1762 - 1851)
Good night
Language: English
The sun is down, and time gone by, The stars are twinkling in the sky, The hours have passed with stealthy flight, We needs must part. Good night, good night! We part in hopes of days as bright As this gone by: Good night, good night!
Text Authorship:
- by Joanna Baillie (1762 - 1851), appears in The Phantom, Act I, Scene 3, first published 1804 [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 Arthur B. Targett , "Good night", published 1920 [TTBB chorus and piano], in the collection Part Songs and Choruses for Male Voices, Boston : Ginn [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 46