by Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946)
Gently, sorrowfully sang the maid
Language: English
Gently, sorrowfully sang the maid Sowing the ploughed field over, And her song was only: "Come, O my lover!" Strangely, strangely shone the light, Stilly wound the river: "Thy love is a dead man, He'll come back never." Sadly, sadly passed the maid The fading dark hills over; Still her song far, far away said: "Come, O my lover!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946), "Song", appears in Dark Fire, first published 1918 [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Gently, sorrowfully sang the maid", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter James Redfern Turner (1889 - 1946), "Song", published 1937 [ unaccompanied voice ], from Broadside, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 12
Word count: 59