The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, art songs, choral pieces, and other vocal music

Submissions by Pearson, Mike ( 313 texts )

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Breathe, my lute, beneath my fingers; title: "Evenfall"
Is it not sure a deadly pain; title: "False Concolinel"
Live, live with me, and thou shalt see; title: "To Phillis - to love and live with him"
Sharp against a sky of grey; title: "Silver Point"
Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard; title: "Caedmon's Hymn"
As in the calm the mariner sighs; title: "The Mariner"
Oh come to the West, love: ah! Come there with me; title: "The land of the west"
I passed by your window; title: "I passed by your window"
Heart of the night, Heaven’s calm profound; title: "Heart of the night"
Drest in your gown of blue brocade; title: "To a minuature"
The livelong night I lay awake; title: "Dawn song"
Can’t you hear them blowing, fairy horns ablowing; title: "The little people"
I know why the white clouds go riding on high; title: "Messengers"
Red roofs by the river; title: "Red roofs"
Along the lanes where first we met; title: "Hawthorn"
Dainty, dainty maiden; title: "The bluebell way"
O Western Wind! when wilt thou blow; title: "O Western Wind!"
In Norley Wood the thickets ring; title: "In Norley Wood"
I’m looking from my balcony; title: "Life's balcony"
If all the year were spring-time; title: "Ring-time"
Years ago, I loved you and you knew it; title: "Years ago"
When the merry birds are singing; title: "The call of the May-time"
Oh, country folk lead quiet days; title: "Country folk"
Every flower that blows; title: "The everlasting love"
Beside the green pastures I’ll rest me today; title: "Green pastures"
There was a troupe of mountebanks; title: "Preamble"
And a the evening shadows longer grew, they found themselves in the village of Farthinhoe where they would spend the night; title: "Episode"
There’s a swaying of branches where the white blossom swings; title: "Dusk of dreams"
My name is Tom Shilling, the King of the Quacks; title: "The quack doctor"
'Tis of a lovely maiden the tale is told; title: "The heart-rending story"
To the birds at morn; title: "The minstrel"
Whether you wish it or no; title: "Jingle hat"
And so they passed from Farthinghoe; title: "Here to-day and gone to-morrow"
Two little words, we use them ev’ry day; title: "Two little words"
Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; title: "Bless this house"
As I went a-roaming one morning in springtide; title: "As I went a-roaming"
Come take your lute, my love, and play; title: "Come take your lute"
Long, long ago when the moon was a maid; title: "Sylvan"
When summer comes I’ll steal away; title: "When summer comes"
The sun dies in his flaming shroud; title: "A sunset song"
Day is for work and play; title: "A song of rest"
On lutes of silver; title: "A little love serenade"
The Rose of Spring forth venturing; title: "The song of the rose"
My love she is far sweeter; title: "The only one for me"
As I rowled on my side-car to Santry Fair; title: "Changing her mind"
Oh, why was I left and he taken instead; title: "Lost light of my eyes"
Who'd win a heart must learn the art; title: "The stratagem"
I was a maiden fair and fond; title: "The stolen heart"
Oh, Harp of Erin what glamour gay; title: "The melody of the harp"
We may tramp the earth for all that we're worth; title: "The beautiful City of Sligo"
Once the blackbird called unto the solemn crow; title: "The blackbird and the wren"
Oh! remember the poor when your fortune is sure; title: "Remember the poor"
I'll tell you of a wonder, that will stiffen up your hair; title: "The heroes of the sea"
On for ever, on for ever; title: "The black phantom"
Now, Mary, what's the matter; title: "Mary, what's the matter?"
When the route is proclaimed thro' the old barrack yard; title: "Away to the wars"
Lovely Anne, oh! lovely Anne!; title: "Lovely Anne"
Farewell! now, Miss Gordon, my day dream is over; title: "Farewell now, Miss Gordon"
Who's not heard of Eva Toole; title: "Eva Toole"
On my heaven he flashed, as the meteor star; title: "The falling star"
When Kate gives the warning; title: "Kitty of the cows"
Rash Son, return! Yon shores that dazzle; title: "The king's cave"
I've found my bonny babe a nest; title: "Lullaby"
Hurry down, hurry down, hurry down ever; title: "The alarm"
Bright Queen of women, oh, come away; title: "The song of the Fairy King"
When on Ramillies' bloody field; title: "Clare's dragoons"
I once loved a boy who would come and go; title: "The bower in my breast"
Marching, forced marching; title: "Marching to Candahar"
Maids, at morn, grind the good corn; title: "The quern song"
O Woman, shapely as the swan; title: "I shall not die for love of thee"
Oh! have you heard the tidings?; title: "O'Donnell's march"
I sought my own son over Gowra's black field; title: "The death of Oscar"
As she sat spinning beside her door
Of all the rovin' Jacks that e'er to Farranfone came over; title: "Roddy More the rover"
I'm left all alone like a stone at the side of the street; title: "Like a stone in the street"
As on Killarney's bosom blue; title: "The Daughter of the Rock"
And is he coming home today; title: "The sailor's bride"
Raise us a riddle as spinning we sit; title: "The riddle"
Mourn not beyond measure, my long absent lover; title: "I pray you be patient"
Little sister, whom the Fay; title: "More of Cloyne"
Oft and oft I dream, astore; title: "The reaper's revenge"
The hunt is up! and hound and pup; title: "The Killarney hunt"
Oh my grief! oh my grief!; title: "Oh my grief! oh my grief!"
Since we're apart, since we're apart; title: "Since we're apart"
When I came over from old Rosstrevor; title: "My garden at the back"
On the deck of Lynch's boat, here I sit in woeful plight; title: "The County of Mayo"
When westward I'm called; title: "Alone, all alone"
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power; title: "The death of General Wolfe"
I've heard the lark's cry thrill the sky o'er the meadows of Lusk; title: "The songs Erin sings"
In the wan, mistful morning to Ocean's wild gales; title: "Like a ghost I am gone"
Just between the day and dark; title: "The leafy Cool-kellure"
Over here in England I’m helpin’ wi’ the hay; title: "Corrymeela"
Sure he’s five months old, an’ he’s two foot long; title: "Johneen"
Oh tell me, will I ever win to Ireland again; title: "Back to Ireland"
There was an old woman lived under a hill; title: "There was an old woman"
There was an old woman lived under a hill; title: "Nothing at all!"
A cat came fiddling out of a barn; title: "The mouse and the bumblebee"
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town; title: "Wee Willie Winkie"
Twinkle, twinkle, little star; title: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
Baby, baby, naughty baby; title: "Baby, baby, naughty baby"
As I walked by myself
The insect world amid the suns and dew; title: "The insect world"
Ye living lamps, by whose dear light
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children
Your hearts are lifted up, your hearts; title: "To women"
Now in thy splendour go before us; title: "The Fourth of August"
When I'm discharged at Liverpool an' draws my bit o' pay; title: "Hell's pavement"
An’ Bill can have my sea-boots, Nigger Jim can have my knife; title: "The turn of the tide"
It's a sunny pleasant anchorage, is Kingdom Come; title: "Port of many ships"
Love's but the frailty of the mind
Green gardens in Laventie!
Look not thou on beauty’s charming; title: "Lucy Ashton's Song"
The shepard upon a hill he sat; title: "Joly Joly Wat"
True love’s the gift which God has given
Unfold! Unfold! Take in His light; title: "The revival"
Hey, the dusty Miller
O lady Mary Ann looks o'er the Castle wa'
She sailed out o' Sunderland with a cargo o' rails —; title: "Steel rails"
‘When I've left off carin' the way I do; title: "The wine of life"
All coiled down, an' it's time for us to go; title: "So long"
O Jean, my Jean, when the bell ca's the congregation; title: "Tam i' the kirk"
'Oh tell me what was on yer road, ye roarin’ norlan’ Wind; title: "The wild geese"
As I gae'd doon by the twa mill dams i' the mornin'; title: "The water hen"
I see the Gowk an' the Gowk sees me; title: "The Gowk"
Ye’ve left the sun an the canle-licht an the starlicht; title: "The licht nichts"
How shall I tell you of the freedom of the Downs?; title: "The freedom of the Downs"
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
The Danube to the Severn gave
Can you see the ships, lad, looming up the Channel; title: "Beating up the Channel"
I know a valley sweet and golden; title: "The Valley of Laughter"
Down along to Fore Street, a’most any day; title: "Cobblin'"
A Sou’ Sou’ West was blowin’ up to more than half a gale; title: "A Mevagissey haul"
We picks up bits o’ wreckage; title: "Longshore"
Gallopin’ Joe be the fancy name us calls him in the Port; title: "Gallopin’ Joe"
I reckoned the war would be over soon, when another two hundred men; title: "Cornish Clay"
Tell me, tell me, where are you sailing; title: "Shipmates o' mine"
All joy be thine this day of heart’s delight; title: "All joy be thine"
Blackbird, blackbird loudly trilling; title: "Be still, Blackbird!"
What of the day, O weary eyes?; title: "Beyond the dawn"
Harlequin’s merry, Harlequin’s young; title: "Harlequin"
There is gladness in the morning; title: "I shall meet you"
Brave eyes that look’d so tenderly; title: "May God be with my boy to-night"
Magic evening falls around me; title: "Nightingale of June"
Come along, come along, life is so sweet; title: "Spring's awakening (Valse song)"
The R.S.M. has a fancy chest; title: "The Company Sergeant-Major"
The stars have eyes, and yet they cannot see; title: "The stars have eyes"
The little vales are shining; title: "Happy day"
In a garden of roses, maiden mine; title: "In a garden of roses"
You’re a very dashing blade, Cavalier; title: "Laughing cavalier"
Our barque has left the shore, dark and sad and lone; title: "The voyagers"
Oh, well set-up and handsome as a sailorman could be; title: "Captain Mac’"
Come, come away at break o’ day; title: "Break o’ day"
When you pluck the flowers at happy Easter; title: "Easter flowers"
Oh, night and day I’m dreaming of the hills of Donegal; title: "The hills of Donegal"
A little brown owl once lived in a tree; title: "The little brown owl"
Hast thou heard the turtle dove; title: "My dear soul (A Wessex Love Song)"
One morning very early – one morning in the spring –; title: "One morning very early (I love my love)"
Awake to the glory of the morn; title: "The splendour of the morn"
Oh, we came up from Somerset; title: "Up from Somerset"
O come, o come, my dearest, and hither bring; title: "O come, o come, my dearest"
The fairy beam upon you; title: "The fairy beam upon you"
Here we come a-piping; title: "Here we come a-piping"
The lamb that e’er the world began; title: "The lamb that e’er the world began (Now carol we)"
Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st my ears
In the still air the music lies unheard; title: "In the still air"
Ma mignonne
Ching, ching, Chinaman; title: "Ching, ching, Chinaman"
Oh, dear me! Mother caught a flea; title: "Oh, dear me!"
Caroline Pink; title: "Caroline Pink"
Well, I never; title: "Well, I never"
‘Tell me, tell me; title: "The galliass"
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck; title: "The woodchuck"
Three young rats with black felt hats
The hunt is up! The hunt is up!
I do not like thee, Dr Fell; title: "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell"
The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street; title: "The Rockaby Lady"
I never thought that youth would go
Come then, as ever, like the wind at morning!; title: "Invocation to Youth "
Cold blows the winter wind: 't is Love; title: "Love at the door"
The feathers in a fan; title: "Man"
Tomorrow! Oh sweet tomorrow!; title: "My Fairyland"
Courage my Soul: now to the silent wood; title: "Peace"
If thou wouldst love me, let it be for naught; title: "Thy love"
Too honest for a gypsy, too lazy for a farmer; title: "Shepherd's holiday "
We be three poor mariners; title: "Song of the three mariners"
He waits all day beside his little flock; title: "Farmer's boy"
Cupid and my Campaspe played
I can see you up on high; title: "Big Lady Moon"
Now that my love lies sleeping; title: "Into her keeping"
A boat 'neath a sunny sky; title: "Acrostic Song (Alice Pleasance Liddell)"
My childhood’s home I see again; title: "Indiana Homecoming"
Velvet the sky; title: "Dusk"
Musa of the sea-blue eyes; title: "On a singing girl"
Dere two fella Joe!; title: "Dere two fella Joe"
O might a maid confess her secret longing
Awake, awake, Fianna!; title: "Awake, awake Fianna "
Tantara rara, hark from Tara, how the herald's trumpet clear; title: "The royal hunt"
Moan, ye winds, ye caverns call; title: "The return from Fingal"
Mortal babe the fays have brought me; title: "Fairy nurse song"
Now the starlight only; title: "Fond Chloe"
Oh! black breaks the morrow in tempest and gloom; title: "Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill"
How many a time in Cratla’s dells; title: "St. Mary's Bells"
Ah why, Patrick Sarsfield, did we let your ships sail; title: "The lament"
She’s bid her maiden bower goodbye, and down the stair she’s stole; title: "Lady Sybil"
Will you float in my boat; title: "Will you float in my boat?"
Her brow is like the lily; title: "Her brow is like the lily"
How happy for the woodbirds on the branches above; title: "How happy for the woodbirds"
With laughing looks I once arose; title: "Jenny"
While we sing a song; title: "The smith's song"
On Innisfallen’s fairy isle; title: "The rejected lover"
Of priests we can offer a charmin’ variety; title: "Father O'Flynn"
Let all the best fish that swim in the sea; title: "Herring our king"
I heard ‘mid oak trees olden; title: "I heard 'mid oak-trees olden"
Of all the girls with clustering curls from Kerry to Kildare; title: "O thou of the beautiful hair"
One Sunday after Mass; title: "One Sunday after Mass"
As love was busy raising stolen honey to his lips; title: "The poison on the darts"
When she answered me her voice was low – but, oh!; title: "When she answered me her voice was low"
When she answered me her voice was low; title: "When she answered me her voice was low"
Oh, take me to your arms, love, for we, alas! must part; title: "The willow tree"
When first I saw young Molly; title: "The banks of the daisies"
As Kathleen fair beyond compare; title: "The banks of the daisies"
What is life without a wife?; title: "What is life without a wife"
Wirra, wirra ollogone!; title: "Fan Fitzger'l"
O my head’s in a whirl for your sake Fan Fitzger’l!; title: "Fan Fitzger'l"
Molly bawn, white as lawn; title: "Molly Hewson"
When at the altar; title: "Still side by side"
Good-night! Good-night! Our feast is ended; title: "Good night"
Now good night! our feast is over; title: "Good night"
Give me the depth of love that springs
A song came over the hill to me; title: "A song from o'er the hill"
Grieve not, dear Love! Although we often part; title: "The Earl of Bristol's farewell"
How beautiful they are, the lordly ones; title: "Faery song"
Come, follow me by the Smell; title: "Onyons"
When spring puts on her wedding gown; title: "Blossoms"
O, Captain Harry Morgan has spread his sails again; title: "Captain Harry Morgan"
A frog he would a-wooing go; title: "A frog he would a-wooing go"
Lavender’s blue, diddle, diddle; title: "Lavender's blue"
O my little sixpence!; title: "O my little sixpence!"
Where are you goin’, my bonnie wee lass?; title: "Haliky daliky"
There was a man lived in the moon; title: "Aiken Drum"
There’s pairt o’ it young
O! it’s owre the braes abüne out toun; title: "A laddie's sang"
The tree stood flowering in a dream; title: "Nightmare"
A skelp frae his teacher; title: "Black day"
Cuddle-doun, my bairnie; title: "Bed-time"
Within the violence of the storm; title: "Slaughter"
It was your faither and mither
The larky lad frae the pantry; title: "The larky lad"
With easy hands upon the rein; title: "Who are these children?"
Steepies for the barnie; title: "Supper"
The auld aik’s doun; title: "The auld aik"
Have I a wife? Bedam I have!; title: "Brewer's Man"
Sleep, and let thy cares all be; title: "Slumber song"
O how great is the vexation; title: "O how great is the vexation"
Sleep, gentle cherub, sleep descend; title: "Sleep, gentle cherub"
Gentle youth, O tell me why; title: "The fond appeal"
So sweet was young Damon, so gentle his look; title: "The timely admonition"
The fields lay brown on either hand; title: "The miracle"
I love you/ With the wind in your hair; title: "The wind in your hair"
Now all the world in peaceful slumber lies; title: "Requiescat"
Sigh of wind on a moonless night; title: "I shall remember"
There’s a fairy sleeping in every folded flower; title: "April's hour"
Dancing ground for your feet; title: "The orchard sings to the child"
Upon the street they lie; title: "The children"
O! shairly ye hae seen my love; title: "Ballad"
Said the Wind to the Moon, I’ll blow you out; title: "The Wind and the Moon"
Oh, little cat beside my stool; title: "Cinderella's song"
Kyrie, so Kyrie,” Jankyn syngyt merie with aleyson.”; title: "Joly Jankyn"
How vainly men themselves amaze
Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove; title: "Birdspeak"
Out in the dark over the snow; title: "Out in the dark"
Love's blind, they say; title: "Love has eyes"
I hear the feet below; title: "From a city window"
The sun is a shining to welcome the day; title: "Come to the fair"
Tell it to the locked-up trees
'Where am I from?'; title: "A broken song"
Fast this life of mine is dying; title: "Death"
'Tis I can weave woollen and linen; title: "'Tis I can weave woollen and linen"
There was no cradle for Jesus; title: "The cradle in Bethlehem"
The daisy stars are swaying lakes; title: "Daisies after the rain"
Love is a babel
My heart adorned with thee; title: "My heart adorned with thee"
Silver flows the river; title: "Summer sunset"
Come Lady-Day; title: "Come Lady-Day"
The buds are bursting in the brake; title: "April love"
O pure is my love as the wild white cherry!; title: "Wild cherry"
Blow, blow, winds of May; title: "Cuckoo song"
Crownèd with flowers I saw fair Amaryllis
Blossom on the plum
Flow on! Happy stream; title: "Song of the stream"
I sing of a maiden
I dream'd I heard your voice in the night; title: "Come back!"
My heart, my heart; title: "A secret"
I have a friend, a true, true friend; title: "I have a friend"
I watched a seabird flying along the wintry shore; title: "The sea-bird"
Under the silver moonlight, flutter the great white wings; title: "Moonlight"
I stood today by the shimm'ring sea; title: "By the sea"
Dreamily the night comes; title: "Drooping wings"
Close thine eyes in slumber sweet; title: "Fairy lullaby"
Love, like a beggar came to me; title: "Cupid"
Here she lies, in bed of spice; title: "A dirge"
'Tis five years since, "An end," said I
Oh is it the jar of nations
Drake is going West, lad; title: "Drake goes west"
When I'm discharged at Liverpool 'n' draws my bit o' pay; title: "Hell's pavement"
Mother Carey? She's the mother o' the witches; title: "Mother Carey"
Beyond the moor and mountain crest; title: "The West"
I was in a hooker once," said Karlssen; title: "Cape Horn Gospel"
In valleys green and still
A wind's in the heart of me, a fire's in my heels
Oh, some are fond of red wine and some are fond of white
Trottin' to the fair; title: "Trottin' to the fair"