by Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845)
A lake and a fairy boat
Language: English
A lake and a fairy boat To sail in the moonlight clear, - And merrily we would float From the dragons that watch us here! Thy gown should be snow-white silk, And strings of orient pearls, Like [gossamers]1 dipp'd in milk, Should twine with thy raven curls! Red rubies should deck thy hands, And diamonds should be thy dow'r - But Fairies have broke their wands, And wishing has lost its pow'r!
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845), "Song: For music", appears in The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems, first published 1827 [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 Malcolm Gordon Davidson (1891 - 1949), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1911 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oliver Henry Edwards (b. 1902), "A lake and a fairy boat", published <<1972 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Shena Eleanor Fraser (1910 - 1993), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1949 [ SA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Berta Josephine Hecker , "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "A lake and a fairy boat", op. 30 no. 1 (1904), published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Romantic Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "A lake and a fairy boat", 1893 [ voice and piano ], first setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "A lake and a fairy boat", 1897 [ voice and piano ], second setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "A lake and a fairy boat", op. 10 (Three Poems of Thomas Hood) no. 3, published 1903 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Edgar Johns (1886 - ?), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Frampton Kurtz (b. 1881), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Montague Fawcett Phillips (1885 - 1969), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1940 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Fairy song", published 1911 [ vocal duet with piano ], from The Twins' Tune Book, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Trinder , "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1939 [ voice and piano ], SATB a cappella [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Vincent Wallace (1812 - 1865), "A lake and a fairy boat", published 1880? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "A lake and a fairy boat", 1911, published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe
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