by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Alone upon the housetops to the North
Language: English
Alone upon the housetops to the North I turn and watch the lightning in the sky, The glamour of thy footsteps in the North. Come back to me, Beloved, or I die! Below my feet the still bazar is laid, Far, far below the weary camels lie, The camels and the captives of thy raid. Come back, Beloved, or I die! My father's wife is old and harsh with years, And drudge of all my father's house am I. My bread is sorrow and my drink is tears. Come back to me, Beloved, or I die!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "The love song of Har Dyal", appears in Plain Tales from the Hills, first published 1888 [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 A. Davies Adams , "The love song of Har Dyal", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Ayres (1876 - 1926), "The Song of the Panthan Girl", <<1926, from Three Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by ?, Mrs. George Batten , "The love song of Har Dyal", published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Bisesa's song", alternate title: "In the Story Beyond the Pale", op. 51 (Four Songs) no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tod B. Galloway , "Alone upon the housetops to the North", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Memory Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "The Love Song of Har Dyal", 1901, published 1923 [ soprano and piano ], from Kipling Settings, no. 11, note: arranged 1957-8 for women's unison chorus, violin, violoncello, and harmonium [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Hunt (flourished 1923), "The love song of Har Dyal", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The love song of Har Dyal", 1898? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marshall Rutgers Kernochan (1880 - 1955), "The love song of Har Dyal", published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony L. W. Scott (b. 1911), "The love song of Har Dyal", published 1966 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 96