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by William Blake (1757 - 1827)

Translation © by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961)

Little Lamb, who made thee?

Language: English

Available translation(s): CAT GER RUS

Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and [bid]¹ thee feed,
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?

Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is callèd by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild:
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are callèd by His name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!

W. De Pue sets stanza 1

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¹ MacNutt, Somervell: "bade"

Authorship

by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The lamb", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 4, first published 1789 [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 James R. Adler (b. 1950), "The lamb", 1982 [ men's chorus and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), "The lamb", published 1974 [ mixed chorus and band ], from Serenade, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Howard) Orsmond Anderton (1861 - 1934), "Little Lamb", published 1893, from 12 Children's Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Violet Balestreri Archer (1913 - 2000), "The lamb", 1958, from Two Songs for Soprano Voice and B flat Clarinet, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mark Armanini (b. 1952), "The lamb" [ medium voice, violin, viola and cello ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ronald Kent Arnatt (b. 1930), "The lamb", 1968 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], anthem [sung text not yet checked]
by Condit Robert Atkinson (b. 1928), "Little Lamb", published c1973 [ 2-part chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The lamb", 194-?, published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Quiet Airs, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Melinda Bargreen , "The Lamb" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Santa Barbara Music Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
by Leslie R. Bassett (b. 1923), "The lamb", 1952, published c1957 [ SATB chorus and piano ], NY : American Composers Alliance [sung text not yet checked]
by Ronald A. Beckett , "The lamb", 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Poems of William Blake, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Phillip Thomas Bezanson (1916 - 1975), "The lamb", published 1959, from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Judith Bingham (b. 1952), "The lamb", 1980 [ female voice and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "The lamb", published c1971 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], NY : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "Song of Innocence", published c1978 [ three-part children's chorus ], from Song under the Silver Umbrella, no. 2, NY : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "The lamb", 1956-81 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "The lamb", op. 34a no. 6, published 1912, from Six Unison Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Byron Bowman (b. 1913), "The lamb", 1954 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by May Hanna Brahe (1884 - 1956), "Little lamb", published c1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Grace Bell Branning (b. 1912), "The lamb" [sung text not yet checked]
by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "The lamb", 1914, published 1914 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Lee Hastings Bristol (1923 - 1979), "The lamb", published 1951, from The Lamb and Other New Carols [sung text not yet checked]
by Jeffrey Brody , "The lamb", published 1978 [sung text not yet checked]
by Harry Brook (1893 - ?), "The lamb", published c1929 [ unison chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Samuel Brown (b. 1940), "The lamb", published c1972 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Philip Austin Browne , "The lamb", published 1941 [ SCC chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by John Callis Brydson (b. 1900), "The lamb", published 1949, from Of a Shepherd and a Lamb, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Mark Leopold Bucci (b. 1929), "The lamb", published 1968, from The Wondrous Kingdom (Flora and Fauna), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Joseph Buczynski (b. 1933), "The lamb", published 1954, from Cycle of Three Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest Bullock, Sir (1890 - 1979), "The lamb", published c1961 [ unison chorus ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
by Gladys Blakely Bush , "The lamb", published 1950 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Frank Charles Butcher (1882 - ?), "Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?", op. 5 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Henry) Elliot Button (1861 - ?), "The lamb", published 1892, from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Vincent Henry Palmer Caillard, Sir (1856 - 1930), "The lamb", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from The Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 4, London : Novello, Ewer & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Noble Cain (1896 - 1977), "Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?", published 1950 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909 - 2003), "The Little Lamb", published 1963 [ for unison chorus with organ and optional flute obbligato ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Carr , "The lamb", published c1985 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "The lamb", published c1901 [ SSA chorus and piano ], partsong; can be found in the Laurel Song Book [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodore Ward Chanler (1902 - 1961), "The lamb", 1941, published c1946 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by John Chorbajian (b. 1936), "The lamb", published c1971 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Frederik Melius Christiansen (1871 - 1955), "The lamb", published c1948 [ alto and mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Olaf Christian Christiansen (b. 1901), "The lamb", published c1948 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], carol [sung text not yet checked]
by Israel Citkowitz (1909 - 1974), "The lamb", 1934 [ voice, string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alice Upton Close , "The lamb", published c1937 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gladys M. Cohen (1907 - 1996), as Guirne Javal, "The lamb", published 1956 [sung text not yet checked]
by James Austin Collignon (b. 1926), "The lamb", c1979 [ children's chorus ], song-hymn [sung text not yet checked]
by Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins (1893 - 1963), "The lamb", published c1929 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Grace Wilbur Conant (1858 - 1948), "The lamb", published c1915 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge (Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge) (1864 - 1953), "The lamb", 19--? [ voice, piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "The lamb", 1989 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Beverly M. Craveiro , "The lamb", c1965 [sung text not yet checked]
by John Charlton Crawford (b. 1931), "The lamb", published 1965 [ soprano, piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "The lamb", c1959 [ voice and piano ], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by James D'Angelo (b. 1939), "The lamb", 1970, first performed 1974 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Noel George Da Costa (b. 1929), "Little Lamb", first performed 1952 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], New York, Atsoc Music ; text adapted [sung text not yet checked]
by Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1977), "The lamb", published c1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 2, London: Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
by Marjorie Davies , "The lamb", published c1928 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "The lamb", op. 4 no. 1, published 1900 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 1, London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "A Song of Innocence", op. 3 (Six Songs) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], London : Novello, Ewer, & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892 - 1980), "The lamb", published c1969 [ 2-part treble chorus and piano ], NY : Galaxy Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
by William Mac Davis , "The lamb", published c1982 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Bryn Mawr : Th. Presser Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Newell Dayley , "The lamb", published c1975 [ voice and piano ], in Songs of Praise by Contemporary Composers, ed. Darwin Wolford, Delaware Water Gap : H. Flammer [sung text not yet checked]
by Wallace Earl De Pue (b. 1932), "Little lamb", 1954, published 1972, stanza 1 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alison Clare Demarest (b. 1923), "Little lamb", published c1952 [ unison chorus and piano or organ ], East Orange, NJ : Canyon Press (Boonin) [sung text not yet checked]
by John Hopkins Densmore (1880 - 1943), "The lamb", published c1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 2, NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 - 1943), "The lamb", published c1938 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], NY : J. Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
by John Henry Diercks (b. 1927), "Little lamb", published c1962 [ voice and piano ], from About a Lamb : Four Poems by Blake, no. 2, Bryn Mawr : Tritone Press (Presser) [sung text not yet checked]
by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "The lamb", 1957, first performed 1957 [ SATB chorus ], from The Happy Shepherd, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986), "Little lamb", 1940-50 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Dorothy Carter Drennan (b. 1929), "The lamb", 1973, first performed 1973 [ medium voice and keyboard ], from Songs of William Blake, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "The lamb", published c1912 [ 2-part chorus for treble voices ], London : Year Book Press [sung text not yet checked]
by James William Elliott (1833 - 1915), "The lamb", published 1875 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : G. Routledge and Sons, in The Sunlight of Song; a collection of sacred and moral poems. With original music by the most eminent English composers... [sung text not yet checked]
by Osian Gwynn Ellis (b. 1928), "The lamb", 1974 [ voice, children's chorus, and harp ], from Penillion Suite, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wesley Ellis (b. 1927), "Little lamb, who made thee?", published c1974 [ children's chorus (SSA) and harp (or organ or piano) ], Ross, CA : Harp Publications [sung text not yet checked]
by A. Lehman Engel (b. 1910), "The lamb", published 1939, rev. 1978 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from The Lamb and The Blossom (was Songs of Innocence), no. 1, NY : Arrow Music Press (Boosey & Hawkes) [sung text not yet checked]
by Leonard Enns (b. 1948), "The lamb", 1974, published c1983, rev. 1978, first performed 1979 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3, Waterloo, Ont. : Waterloo Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "The lamb", op. 88 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Two Songs on Poems by William Blake, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Nicolas Flagello (b. 1928), "Little lamb", 1953 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Donato D. Fornuto (b. 1931), "The lamb", 1962, published 1971 [ SATB chorus and optional piano ], NY : Harold Branch Publishing Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Donato D. Fornuto (b. 1931), "The lamb", published c1973 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2, NY : Harold Branch Music Publishing Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Leland Elting Forsblad , "The lamb", published c1956 [ SSA chorus and piano ], Westbury, NY : Pro Art Publications [sung text not yet checked]
by Johan Franco (1908 - 1988), "Little lamb", 1977 [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
by John Frandsen (b. 1956), "The lamb", 1984 [ soprano and guitar ], from Songs of Innocence I, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Marcel Gustave Frank (b. 1906?9), "Song of the little lamb", published c1960 [ SSA chorus and piano ], NY : Piedmont Music / E. B. Marks (Belwin-Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by Leonard L. Furnivall , "The lamb ", published c1919 [ unison chorus and piano ], London, Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
by Earl Robert George (b. 1924), "The lamb", published c1956 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4, Evanston, IL : Summy-Birchard Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Graham Godfrey , "The lamb", published c1926 [ SSC chorus a cappella ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
by Clare Goodhall , "The lamb", published c1932 [ SA chorus a cappella ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Julian Goodwin (b. 1932), "The lamb ", 1967 [ high voice and piano ], from The Lamb and the Tyger, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "The lamb", op. 27b no. 4 (1973) [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Randi R. Gronninsater , "Little lamb", c1967 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ruth M. Grow , "The lamb ", c1970 [sung text not yet checked]
by Virginia D. Hamer , "The lamb", c1977 [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The lamb", op. 13 (Seven songs) no. 6 (1913) [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Sinclair Hartley (b. 1927), "The lamb", 1954, published c1958 [ soprano and piano ], from Two Songs after William Blake, Naperville, IL, Fema Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The lamb", published c1928 [ SA chorus and piano? ], from Five Songs of Innocence, no. 2, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "The lamb", published c1919 [ unison chorus and piano ], Glasgow : Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]
by Gary Michael Higginson (b. 1952), "Little lamb, who made thee?", op. 33 no. 2 (1977), first performed 1979 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Seven Songs of William Blake, Set I, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Joseph) Vincent Higginson (b. 1896), "The lamb", published c1935 [ men's chorus ], NY : H. W. Gray [sung text not yet checked]
by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "The lamb", from Two Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joseph (or Josef) Charles Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "The lamb ", op. 130 no. 3 (1934), from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Amy Elise Horrocks (1867 - 1919), "The lamb ", published 1900 [ unison chorus ], from Four Songs, no. 4, London : Augener [sung text not yet checked]
by Leslie John Howard (b. 1948), "The lamb ", op. 21 (Five Songs) no. 1 (1972) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (John) Brian Hughes (b. 1938), "The lamb" [ SSA chorus a cappella ], note: includes the texts to two other poems from Songs of Innocence [sung text not yet checked]
by Chester Edward Ide (1878 - 1944), "The lamb ", c1928 [ vocal duet for treble voices a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence -- Eight Poems by William Blake, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob (1895 - 1984), "The lamb ", 1922, published 1926 [ soprano and string trio ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 1, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
by (John) Michael Jacques (b. 1944), "The lamb", 1966 [ soprano voices and piano with optional accompaniment for strings, 2 clarinets, and piano ], from Six Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Bryony Jagger (b. 1948), "Little Lamb", published 1988 [ unaccompanied soprano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by D. Cyril Jenkins (1885 - 1978), "The lamb ", published c1927 [ SS chorus or SA chorus and piano ], London : W. Paxton & Co; Melbourne: Allans Music [sung text not yet checked]
by David Hugh Jones (1900 - ?), "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1935 [ soprano and alto chorus with humming tenor and bass with piano or organ ], NY : C. Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
by George Herbert Jones , "The lamb", published c1928 [ SSC chorus a cappella ], London : E. Ashdown [sung text not yet checked]
by Perry Otis Jones (b. 1936), "The lamb", 1980, first performed 1980 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by William Bradwen Jones (1892 - 1970), "The lamb", published c1955 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
by Alice (Mrs. Frank B.) Jordan (1916 - ?), "Little lamb of God", published c1960 [ unison or junior chorus ], Delaware Water Gap, PA : Harold Flammer (Shawnee) [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Kapp (b. 1907), "The lamb", published c1966 [ voice and piano ], from Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy!, New York, Harper & Row [sung text not yet checked]
by Don Kay (b. 1933), "The lamb ", 1963, published c1964 [ soprano, SSA chorus, flute, piano, and strings ], from Songs of Come and Gone, no. 8, Sydney, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
by Horace Keats (1895 - 1945), "The lamb ", published c1945 [ voice and piano ], London, Sydney : Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Iain Philip Kendell (b. 1931), "The lamb", published c1962 [ chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from cantata A Spring Cantata, no. 4, London : J. & W. Chester [sung text not yet checked]
by John Brodbin Kennedy , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1968 [ SA chorus or TB chorus and piano ], NY : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by Eunice Lea Kettering (b. 1906), "The lamb", published c1950 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Cincinnati : Hillis Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Theron Kirk (1919 - 1999), "The child and the lamb", published c1961 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], Glen Rock, NJ : J. Fischer & Bro. (Belwin-Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by Julie Knowles , "The lamb ", published c1983 [ unison chorus and piano ], New Berlin, WI : Jenson Publications [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Bamford Lane (1933 - 2004), "The lamb", 1974, first performed 1974 [ SSA chorus and strings ], from Some Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by David Lantz, III , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1983 [ SAB chorus a cappella ], Delaware Water Gap, PA : Glory Sound (Shawnee Press) [sung text not yet checked]
by André Laporte (b. 1931), "The lamb ", 1979, published c1983 [ SSSS chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3, Kontich, Belgium : De notenboom [sung text not yet checked]
by Earl Roland Larson (1897 - 1970), "Song of Innocence", published c1956 [ SA chorus and piano or organ ], Chicago : Summy Publ. Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (b. 1908), "The lamb ", op. 5 no. 12, published c1933 [ soprano, alto, unison chorus, 2-part chorus, piano, and strings ], from The Echoing Green , no. 12, London : J. W. Chester (Marks) [sung text not yet checked]
by Sven Lekberg (1899 - 1984), "The lamb", published 1970 [ baritone and SSATBB chorus a cappella ], from Lord of the Earth and Sky, no. 3, New York, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (b. 1952), "The lamb", c1976 [ tenor and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (b. 1952), "The lamb", c1977 [ tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Kerry Glenn Lewis (b. 1948), "Little lamb", 1973 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Three William Blake Songs for Treble Voices, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Harold) Merrills Lewis (1908 - 1979), "The lamb", published c1941 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], NY : Galaxy Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "A child's song (Little lamb, who made thee?)", published c1914 [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by David Lidov (b. 1941), "The lamb", 1970 [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Joan Littlejohn (b. 1937), "The lamb", 1967-70, first performed 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Blakes Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, Part I : Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Kathy Jean Loh (b. 1952), "Little lamb", 1981, first performed 1981 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865 - 1930), "The lamb ", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], NY : G. Schirmer, in the collection Kitty Cheatham, Her Book [sung text not yet checked]
by Samuel Ernest Lovatt (1877 - 1954), "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1921 [ unison chorus and piano ], Glasgow : Bayley & Ferguson [sung text not yet checked]
by Maude Haben Luck (d. 1944), "The lamb ", c1921 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by James Lyon (1872 - 1949), "The lamb ", op. 68 no. 2, published c1920 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Louis MacNutt (1910 - 1996), "The lamb", published 1934 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs of William Blake from "Songs of Innocence", no. 1, Toronto : Berandol Music (AMP) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Charles T. Maclary , "The lamb ", published 1941 [ unison or 2-part treble chorus a cappella ], from Nine Happy Songs, from Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 2, Philadelphia : Elkan-Vogel Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Mann (b. 1920), "The lamb", c1951 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs from Blake's "Songs of Innocence", no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by William James Mathias (1934 - 1992), "The lamb ", op. 82 no. 6 (1979), published c1987, first performed 1979 [ mezzo-soprano, celesta, harp, piano, and strings ], from Songs of William Blake, no. 6, Oxford : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Matthews , "The lamb ", c1969 [sung text not yet checked]
by James Charles McCollum (b. 1914), "Little lamb", published c1950 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Boston : Boston Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by James Joseph McCray (b. 1939), "Little lamb (The lamb)", published c1980 [ mixed chorus and piano ], NY : Tetra Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
by John McLeod (b. 1934), "The lamb", 1971, first performed 1972 [ soprano, contrabass, clarinet, and piano ], from Animal Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "The lamb", op. 25 no. 2 (1977), from Visions from the Flame, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Raymond Earle Mitchell (1895 - 1967), "Little lamb", published c1943 [sung text not yet checked]
by Undine Smith Moore (1904 - 1989), "The lamb ", published c1958 [ 2-part treble or unison chorus and piano ], NY : H. W. Gray (Belwin-Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by William Thomas Moore, Jr. , "The lamb ", c1976 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Oskar Morawetz (b. 1917), "Little lamb, who made thee?", 1981 [ voice and piano ], Toronto : Aeneas Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Hilda Morgan , "The lamb", published c1955 [ voice and piano ], Toronto : Western Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Byron Mourant (1910 - 1995), "The lamb ", 1984 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Homer C. Nearing , "The lamb ", published c1955 [ unison or SA chorus and keyboard ], NY : H. W. Gray (Belwin-Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by Fred C. Nelson , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", c1964 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ken Neufeld , "The lamb ", published c1979 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 1, Fort Lauderdale, FL : Aberdeen Music (Plymouth Music Co.) [sung text not yet checked]
by Samuel J. Newns (1886 - 1965), "The lamb ", published 1944 [ SSA chorus ], from Six Part Songs for SSC, no. 2, Lovedale Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Nordoff (1909 - 1977), "Song of Innocence", published c1952, copyright © 1952 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], NY : Carl Fischer, Inc., catalog # N5272 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl E. Nosse (b. 1933), "Shepherd's meditation", published c1963 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Pittsburgh : Volkwein Bros. ; text has been altered [sung text not yet checked]
by Elizabeth Oldenburg , "Little lamb, who made thee?", published 1960 [ medium voice and piano ], Northbrook, IL : Opus Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Robin Orr (1909 - 2006), "The lamb", 1929, first performed 1932 [ voice and string quartet ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Morfydd Owen (1891 - 1918), "The lamb ", published c1923 [ voice and piano ], London : Anglo-French Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Gen Louis Parchman (b. 1929), "Little lamb", 1964, published c1971 [ soprano and piano ], from Cycle of Novelties, no. 4, New York : Seesaw Music Corp [sung text not yet checked]
by Mary Flournoy Passailaigue (b. 1908), "The lamb", c1965 [ low voice and piano ], arranged by Elizabeth Jenkins [sung text not yet checked]
by Edward A. Pedrette , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1971 [ SATB chorus with accompaniment ], Minneapolis : Schmitt, Hall & McCreary [sung text not yet checked]
by Malcolm Cameron Peyton (b. 1932), "The lamb ", 1962 [ SA chorus, flute, oboe, English horn, and strings ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Lloyd Alvin Pfautsch (b. 1921), "The lamb", published 1964 [ youth SA chorus with piano or organ ], Nashville, Abingdon Press ; in the collection Six Anthems for Junior Choirs [sung text not yet checked]
by Solomon Pimsleur (1900 - 1962), "Little lamb", op. 11 no. 2 (1922), rev. 1930, from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Rogers Pinkham (1923 - 2006), "The lamb", 1952, published c1970 [ unison chorus of treble voices (or solo high voice), and piano or guitar ], Boston: Ione Press (E. C. Schirmer) [sung text not yet checked]
by Harold Paul Pottenger (b. 1932), "The lamb", published c1953 [ SATB chorus and keyboard instrument ], Nashville, Broadman Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Laurence Powell (1899 - 1990), "The lamb", op. 13 no. 1, published c1923 [ 2-part children's chorus ], London: J. Williams [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Proctor (1906 - 1996), "Little lamb", published c1945 [ voice and piano ], from Three Children's Songs, no. 2, South Croyden, England : A. Lengnick & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "The lamb", published c1929 [ SA chorus and piano or organ ], Chicago : H. T. FitzSimons [sung text not yet checked]
by Olive (Dungan) Pullen (1903 - ?), "The lamb", published c1953 [ SATB chorus and piano ], New York : Bourne [sung text not yet checked]
by Stanley A. Purdy (b. 1926), "The lamb", published c1964 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Cranbury, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Juliet Raphael , "Little lamb", published c1927, from Madrigal and Minstrelsy, New York : Albert & Charles Boni [sung text not yet checked]
by Mark Raphael (b. 1900), "The lamb", 1937, published c1939 [ voice and piano ], London : Augener [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Wesley Rasely (1921 - 1996), "The lamb", published c1970 [ soprano and SATB chorus a cappella ], New York, Plymouth Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Ellen Raskin (1928 - 1984), "The lamb", published 1966 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4, Garden City, NY : Doubleday [sung text not yet checked]
by John M. Rasley (b. 1913), "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1953 [ solo or unison chorus ], Chicago : Clayton P. Summy Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Geraldine Dorothy Rasmussen (b. 1925?6), "Little Lamb", 1970, published c1973, first performed 1975 [ voice, piano, and flute ], Fort Lauderdale, FL : Press Time Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Clarence Raybould (1886 - 1972), "Little Lamb", published c1912 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], London : J. Williams, reissued 1927 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gardner Read (b. 1913), "The lamb ", op. 84b no. 2 (1949), published 1954 [ voice and woodwind quintet ], from Two Songs for Voice and Woodwind Quintet, no. 2, Glen Rock, NJ : J. Fischer & Bro. (Belwin/Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by Barbara Reynolds , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1945 [ voice and piano ], London : A. Weekes & Son (Stainer & Bell) [sung text not yet checked]
by Raymond Rhea (1910 - 1970), "Little Lamb", published c1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Winona, MN : Hal Leonard Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Alice Richman , "The lamb", published c1963 [ SATB chorus and piano ], Boston : Boston Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by John Anthony Ritchie (b. 1921), "The lamb", published c1952 [ unison treble voices and piano ], London : A. C. Black [sung text not yet checked]
by (William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906 - 1990), "The lamb ", 1940, rev. 1972 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 2, withdrawn [sung text not yet checked]
by Lilian Robinson , "The lamb ", published c1931 [ SS chorus and piano ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Roderick-Jones (b. 1947), "The lamb ", 1967-8 [ soprano, SSA chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by James Rodger , "The lamb ", published 1904 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Roff (1910 - 1993), "Little lamb, who made thee?", published c1952 [ 2-part girls' chorus or SAB chorus and piano ], East Stroudsburg, PA, Shawnee Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "The lamb ", published c1916, 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 1, London : Enoch & Sons; NY : G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "Little lamb, who made thee?", published c1982 [ SATB chorus and organ ], New York, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by Orvis Ross (1894 - 1979), "The lamb ", published c1952, 1955 [ SSA chorus and accompaniment ], NY : Galaxy Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
by Alec Rowley (1892 - 1958), "Little Lamb", published c1947 [ SSA chorus and accompaniment ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 2, London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "The lamb" [ 2 female voices and instrumental ensemble (variable) ], from The Divine Image -- A William Blake Cantata, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Abraham Abe Schwadron (b. 1925), "The lamb ", published c1968 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Tom (Thomas Jefferson) Scott (1912 - 1961), "The lamb", published c1954 [ 2-part chorus a cappella for boys and girls ], motet; NY : Meridian Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
by Cecil Sharman (1894 - ?), "The lamb", published c1927 [ unison chorus ], London : J. Williams [sung text not yet checked]
by Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879 - 1943), "The lamb", published c1912 [ unison chorus and piano ], London, J. Curwen [sung text not yet checked]
by Clifford Shaw (1911 - 1976), "The lamb ", published c1950 [ voice and piano ], Bryn Mawr, PA : Oliver Ditson Co. (Pressers) [sung text not yet checked]
by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "The lamb ", 1972, rev. 1985 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Frederick Silver (b. 1936), "The lamb", published c1963 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], NY : Williamson Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Lucy Simon , "The lamb " [ duet for 2 high voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Louise Eichhorn Simons , "Little Lamb", published c1965 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], Charlotte, NC : Brodt Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by David Sisco , "The lamb ", 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by David Smart , "The lamb", published c1964 [ unison chorus a cappella ], Chicago : Hope Publ. Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "The lamb", op. 132 no. 2 (2001) [ speaker and tape ], from The Innocence of Experience, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gregg Smith (b. 1931), "Little Lamb", published c1975 [ unison treble chorus and piano (with optional instruments) ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 5, NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Russell Smith (b. 1927), "The lamb", 1949 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles N. Smith , "The lamb", published c1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Pittsburgh : Volkwein Bros. [sung text not yet checked]
by Gordon Hunt Smith (1916 - ?), "The lamb ", c1950, c1963 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by William Marion Smith , "The lamb ", 1966, published c1967 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Four Songs on Texts by William Blake, no. 1, Ann Arbor : University Microfilms ; part of a dissertation [sung text not yet checked]
by Johannes Somary (b. 1935), "Little Lamb", 1973, first performed 1974 [ duet for soprano and baritone with piano ], from Six Songs of Innocence, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "The lamb", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs of Innocence (formerly Four Songs of Innocence), no. 4, London, Stanley Lucas & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "The lamb", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], in New Songs for New Voices [sung text not yet checked]
by Eva Ruth Spalding (1882 - 1969), "The lamb ", published 1926 [ voice and string quartet or piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris : Éditions Senart [sung text not yet checked]
by Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928), "The lamb", 1948-50, rev. 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4, another version exists for voice, flute, and string quintet (composed 1966-71) [sung text not yet checked]
by Dorothy Wauchope Stewart , "The lamb ", published c1926 [ unison and 2-part treble chorus ], from Eight Songs of Innocence, no. 4, London : H. W. F. Deane & Sons, The Year Book Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Mark A. Stupp , "The lamb", published c1970 [ high voice and piano ], Delaware Water Gap, PA : H. Flammer (Shawnee Press) [sung text not yet checked]
by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "The lamb", 1935-6, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jenö Takacs (1902 - 2005), "The lamb ", op. 71a, published c1965 [ SSA chorus and piano ad libitum ], Cincinnati : World Library of Sacred Music (World Library Publications) [sung text not yet checked]
by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "The lamb", published c1982 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London : Chester Music [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean Taylor , "The lamb ", published c1926, from Three Songs of Innocence, NY : Elva W. Wilcox [sung text not yet checked]
by Archibald F. Tester , "The lamb ", published c1911, 1912 [ 2-part chorus a cappella ], London : J. Curwen & Sons [sung text not yet checked]
by Charlotte C. Thomas , "The lamb", published c1938 [ medium voice and piano ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Charlotte C. Thomas , "The lamb", published c1938 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "The lamb", 2001 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert W. Thygerson , "Little Lamb, who made thee?", published c1930 [ SATB chorus with optional soprano solo and piano ], Richmond, IN : Richmond Music Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964), "The lamb", op. 67 no. 2 (1945), published 1953, rev. 1953 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from The Inner Circle - six choruses a cappella, no. 2, Los Angeles : Affiliated Musicians [sung text not yet checked]
by Joan Trimble (1915 - 2005), "The lamb ", 1953 [ duet for soprano and baritone with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Danny Tuck , "The lamb ", published c1981 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Fort Lauderdale, FL : Music 70 Music Publishers [sung text not yet checked]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "The lamb", 1957, published 1958 [ voice and oboe ], from Ten Blake Songs, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by George Vause , "The lamb ", published c1942 [ 2-part carol for junior choruses and organ ], NY : published by the composer [sung text not yet checked]
by Douglas Edward Wagner (b. 1952), "Little lamb", published c1978 [ unison or 2-part chorus and organ ], Delaware Water Gap, PA : H. Flammer [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "The lamb " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by John Ebenezer West (1863 - 1929), "The lamb ", published c1918 [ vocal trio for three treble voices a cappella ], partsong; in Junior Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Paul Wetzler (b. 1932), "The lamb", published c1984 [ SSAA chorus, harp (or piano), oboe, and violin ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 3, Minneapolis : AMSI, commissioned by Augsburg College Chorale, 1982 [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul William Whear (b. 1925), "The lamb", 1956, published c1971 [ high voice and piano ], Cleveland : Carleton Music Publ. Co. (Ludwig) [sung text not yet checked]
by John David White (b. 1931), "The lamb", published c1972, first performed 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], NY : Galaxy Music Corp, in Contemporary Art Song Album [sung text not yet checked]
by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Little Lamb", published c1892 [ SA chorus (or solo voice, omitting second part) and piano ], from Twelve Songs for Children, no. 5, London : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Little Lamb", published c1904 [ medium/high voice and piano ], from Two Songs of Innocence, no. 2, London & NY : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Shirley Ellen Whitecotton (b. 1935), "The lamb ", published c1975 [ unison chorus a cappella ], Nashville : Broadman Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Patrick Williams (1905 - 1985), "The lamb ", published c1951 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Harry Robert Wilson (1901 - 1968), "Little lamb, who made thee?", published 1945 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], note: later reprinted for SA chorus and piano [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "The lamb", published c1927 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], London : H. F. W. Deane & Sons [sung text not yet checked]
by Dale Wood (b. 1934), "The lamb", published c1964 [ chorus and organ ], Nashville: Abingdon Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Robert Wood (1915 - ?), "The lamb", 1952 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by William Brocklesby Wordsworth (1908 - 1988), "The lamb ", op. 56 no. 1 (1953), published 1960 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Childhood Visions, no. 1, London : A. Lengnick (Belwin-Mills) [sung text not yet checked]
by William Brocklesby Wordsworth (1908 - 1988), "The lamb ", op. 35 no. 4 (1948) [ high voice and piano ], from Four Blake Songs, no. 4, Edinburgh : Scotus Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]
by Amy Worth (1888 - 1967), "Little Lamb", published c1925, 1953 [ high voice and piano ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
by Ruth Shaw Wylie (b. 1916), "Little Lamb", op. 13 no. 2 (1950, c1974), published 1977 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Madrigals to Poems by William Blake, from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2, West Babylon, NY : Branch [sung text not yet checked]
by Dalhousie James Young (1866 - 1921), "A song of innocence - The lamb", published c1904 [ voice and piano ], London and NY : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by John B. Younger (b. 1913), "The lamb ", published c1967 [ unison or 2-part chorus and piano ], Oakville, Ont. : F. Harris Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Jaakko Haavio ; composed by Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'anyell", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Thomas Schubert) , "Das Lamm", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Агнец", copyright ©, (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: 20
Word count: 113

Das Lamm

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Kleines Lämmlein, wer hat dich erschaffen? 
Weißt du, wer dich erschaffen hat?
Gab dir Leben und ernährt dich
am Fluß und auf der Wiese;
gab dir solch hübsches Gewand,
weich, wollig und leuchtend weiß;
gab dir so eine weiche Stimme,
von derem Jauchzen alle Täler widerschallen?
Lämmlein, wer hat dich erschaffen? 
Weißt du, wer dich erschaffen hat?

Kleines Lämmlein, ich will es dir sagen,
Kleines Lämmlein, ich will es dir sagen:
Er ist nach dir benannt,
denn er nennt sich selbst ein Lamm.
Er ist liebreich und ist milde;
und ist sogar ein kleines Kind geworden.
Ich, ein Kind, und du, ein Lamm,
wir beide werden bei seinem Namen gerufen.
Kleines Lämmlein, Gott segne dich!
Kleines Lämmlein, Gott segne dich!

Authorship

by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "Das Lamm", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The lamb", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 4, first published 1789

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Researcher for this text: Maria Nimmerfall

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 120