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Author: Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Battle
Collected Poems 1905-1925
Fires
Friends
I Heard a Sailor
Neighbours
The Golden Room and Other Poems
Thoroughfares
Whin

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A casualty - E. Bainton [x]
A lonely tree (A twisted ash, a ragged fir ) (from Whin) - R. Housman
A lull in the racket and brattle (from Battle)
P. Miles: The lark

A twisted ash, a ragged fir (from Whin)
F. Hart, W. Wordsworth: The lonely tree
R. Housman: A lonely tree

A wild bird filled the morning air (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
F. Hart: The fowler

All day beneath the hurtling shells (from Battle)
P. Miles: The dancers

All night under the moon (All night under the moon ) (from Friends) - I. Gurney, E. Bainton, F. Scott, J. Jeffreys
All night under the moon (from Friends)
I. Gurney, E. Bainton, F. Scott, J. Jeffreys: All night under the moon

Ambulance train (Red rowans in the rain) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
As I came by Blaweary (from Whin)
I. Gurney, W. Whittaker: Blaweary

As I came down by Pity Me (from Whin)
F. Hart, I. Gurney: Pity Me

As I was lying on Black Stitchel (from Whin)
I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys: Black Stitchel

As the windhover
J. Jeffreys: The quarry

Audrey (On the sea's edge she dances) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
Black Stitchel (As I was lying on Black Stitchel ) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys
Blaweary (As I came by Blaweary ) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, W. Whittaker
Bloom (Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
B. Treharne: My dream garden

Broken, bewildered by the long retreat (from Friends)
P. Miles: Retreat

Candle Gate (Who comes so late to Candle Gate? ) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Cruel and bright (Cruel and bright as the whin ) (from Whin) - E. Thompson
Cruel and bright as the whin (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: The whin
E. Thompson: Cruel and bright

Curlew calling (Curlew calling down the slack) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Curlew calling down the slack (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Curlew calling

Driving up the Mallerstang (from Whin)
H. Howells, I. Gurney: The mugger's song

Epilogue-Lament (We who are left, how shall we look again ) (from Whin) - P. Miles
Evening (Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - F. Hart [x] *
For G. (All night under the moon ) (from Friends)
I. Gurney, E. Bainton, F. Scott, J. Jeffreys: All night under the moon

From Wolsingham to Frosterley (from Whin)
I. Gurney: Sam Spraggon

Girl's song (I saw three black pigs riding ) (from Friends) - H. Howells
He is tender with the beasts (He is tender with the beasts) (from The Golden Room and Other Poems) - D. Ford [x] *
He is tender with the beasts (from The Golden Room and Other Poems) [x] *
D. Ford: He is tender with the beasts

Heatherland and bent-land --
J. Jeffreys: Northumberland

Her mind's a shallow bowl (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
F. Hart: The pool

Hit (Out of the sparkling sea) (from Battle) - P. Miles
Honeymoon - E. Bainton [x]
I came by Raw from Hungry Law (from Whin)
I. Gurney: Pedlar Jack

I could not understand the sudden quiet (from Battle)
P. Miles: The quiet

I met an old man at Stow-on-the-Wold (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Stow-on-the-Wold

I saw three black pigs riding (from Friends)
H. Howells: Girl's song

In smoky lamplight of a Smyrna Café (from Neighbours)
N. Fulton: The cakewalk

Into the night (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
R. Housman: The rocket

Just to see the rain (from Whin)
F. Hart: Yeavering Bell

Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
B. Treharne: My dream garden

Lament (We who are left, how shall we look again ) (from Whin) - G. Finzi, B. Frankel, B. Pentland
Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
F. Hart: Evening

Merry eye (On the day ere I was born ) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
My dream garden (Laburnum, lilac, honeysuckle, broom) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - B. Treharne [x] *
Northumberland (Heatherland and bent-land -- ) - J. Jeffreys
O came you by Skirlnaked (from Whin)
F. Hart: Skirlnaked

Old Meg (There's never the taste of a cherry for me) (from Whin) - H. Howells
Old Skinflint ('Twixt Carrowbrough Edge and Settlingstones) (from Whin) - H. Howells, L. Rafter
On the day ere I was born (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Merry eye

On the sea's edge she dances (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
F. Hart: Audrey

One song leads on to another (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
W. Whittaker: The empty purse

Otterburn (The lad who went to Flanders ) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
Out of the sparkling sea (from Battle)
P. Miles: Hit

Pedlar Jack (I came by Raw from Hungry Law) (from Whin) - I. Gurney
Pity Me (As I came down by Pity Me) (from Whin) - F. Hart, I. Gurney
Red roses (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends) - I. Gurney
Red roses floating in a crystal bowl (from Friends)
I. Gurney: Red roses
A. Blake: The crystal bowl

Red rowans in the rain (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Ambulance train

Retreat (Broken, bewildered by the long retreat) (from Friends) - P. Miles
Return (Rust-red the bracken in the rain) (from Neighbours) - F. Hart
Roses (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends)
I. Gurney: Red roses
A. Blake: The crystal bowl

Rust-red the bracken in the rain (from Neighbours)
F. Hart: Return

Sabbath (Lowing of cattle as the twilight falls) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
F. Hart: Evening

Sam Spraggon (From Wolsingham to Frosterley) (from Whin) - I. Gurney
Scatterpenny (You'd take me for a lucky lad) (from Whin) - E. Thompson, W. Whittaker
Skirlnaked (O came you by Skirlnaked) (from Whin) - F. Hart
Song of a lass, O ('Twixt Ridlees Cairn and Corby Pike) (from Whin) - W. Whittaker
Stars (Who travelling through a midnight wood) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - F. Hart [x] *
Stow-on-the-Wold (I met an old man at Stow-on-the-Wold) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
The cakewalk (In smoky lamplight of a Smyrna Café) (from Neighbours) - N. Fulton
The chestnut-blossom (The chestnut-blossom fell) (from I Heard a Sailor) - G. Peterkin [x] *
The chestnut-blossom fell (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
G. Peterkin: The chestnut-blossom

The crowder ('Twixt Coldmouth Hill and Butterstone Shank) (from Whin) - I. Gurney, W. Whittaker [x]
The crystal bowl (Red roses floating in a crystal bowl) (from Friends) - A. Blake
The dancers (All day beneath the hurtling shells) (from Battle) - P. Miles
The dancing seal (When we were building Skua Light) (from Fires) - E. Bainton
The empty purse (One song leads on to another) (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) - W. Whittaker [x] *
The fowler (A wild bird filled the morning air) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
The lad who went to Flanders (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Otterburn

The lark (A lull in the racket and brattle) (from Battle) - P. Miles
The little red calf (The little red calf) (from I Heard a Sailor) - C. Taylor [x] *
The little red calf (from I Heard a Sailor) [x] *
C. Taylor: The little red calf

The lonely tree (A twisted ash, a ragged fir ) (from Whin) - F. Hart, W. Wordsworth
The mugger's song (Driving up the Mallerstang ) (from Whin) - H. Howells, I. Gurney
The pool (Her mind's a shallow bowl) (from I Heard a Sailor) - F. Hart [x] *
The quarry (As the windhover ) - J. Jeffreys
The quiet (I could not understand the sudden quiet) (from Battle) - P. Miles
The rocket (Into the night) (from I Heard a Sailor) - R. Housman [x] *
The tavern - H. Löhr [x]
The whin (Cruel and bright as the whin ) (from Whin) - J. Jeffreys
The wind (To the lean clean land, to the last cold height ) (from Thoroughfares) - W. Wordsworth
There's never the taste of a cherry for me (from Whin)
H. Howells: Old Meg

To the lean clean land, to the last cold height (from Thoroughfares)
W. Wordsworth: The wind

'Twixt Carrowbrough Edge and Settlingstones (from Whin)
H. Howells, L. Rafter: Old Skinflint

'Twixt Coldmouth Hill and Butterstone Shank (from Whin) [x]
I. Gurney, W. Whittaker: The crowder

'Twixt Ridlees Cairn and Corby Pike (from Whin)
W. Whittaker: Song of a lass, O

We who are left, how shall we look again (from Whin)
P. Miles: Epilogue-Lament
G. Finzi, B. Frankel, B. Pentland: Lament

When we were building Skua Light (from Fires)
E. Bainton: The dancing seal

Who comes so late to Candle Gate? (from Whin)
J. Jeffreys: Candle Gate

Who travelling through a midnight wood (from Collected Poems 1905-1925) [x] *
F. Hart: Stars

Yeavering Bell (Just to see the rain) (from Whin) - F. Hart
You'd take me for a lucky lad (from Whin)
E. Thompson, W. Whittaker: Scatterpenny

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