by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
On Sussex Hills where I was bred
Language: English
On Sussex Hills where I was bred,
When lanes in autumn rains are red,
When Arun tumbles in his bed
And busy great gusts go by;
When branch is bare in Burton Glen
And Bury Hill is a whitening, then
I drink strong ale with gentlemen;
Which nobody can deny, deny,
Deny, deny, deny, deny,
Which nobody can deny.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), no title, appears in The Four Men, first published 1912 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "On Sussex Hills" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "On Sussex Hills", op. 49 (1944) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
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Word count: 59