Si dormís, doncella

Si dormís, doncella,
despertad y abrid,
que venida es la hora,
si queréis partir.

Si estáis descalza,
naõ cureis de vos calçar,
que muchas agoas
tenéis de pasar.

Agoas de Alquevir,
que venida es la hora,
si queréis partir.

by Gil Vicente (c1470-c1536) , "Si dormís, doncella", from Farelos

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

[ None yet in the database ]

by Adolf Jensen (1837-1879) , "Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen", op. 21 no. 3 (1864).
by Arno Kleffel (1840-1913) , "Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen", op. 17 (Spanische Lieder und Romanzen) no. 3, published 1875. [voice and piano]
by Friedrich August Naubert (1839-1897) , "Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen", op. 4 (Spanische Liebeslieder aus dem Liederbuche v. Em. Geibel u. P. Heise) no. 11, published 1876. [voice and piano]
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Intermezzo", op. 74 no. 2 (1849), from Spanisches Liederspiel, no. 2.
by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) , "Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen", op. 6 (Sieben spanische Lieder) no. 6 (1881).
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen", from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 27.

by Samuel Hans Adler (1928-) , "Simple Song", from Two Songs from the Portuguese, no. 1.
by Alfred R. Baumann , "Awake", published 1896. [voice, piano]
by Robert Fairfax Birch (1917-) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden", op. 14 no. 5, published 1953.
by Luigi Caracciolo (1847-1887) , "A Muleteer Song", published >>1877 [voice, piano], note: also set in Italian
by Vincenzo Cirillo , "Morning Song", published 1876. [voice, piano]
by Cecil Goodall , "If thou art sleeping" [voice, piano]
by Philip Gordon (1894-?) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden", published 1954. [chorus: SATB, a cappella]
by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "If thou art sleeping", published 1873. [voice and piano]
by Murray Grahame , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [voice, piano]
by William Noel Johnson (1863-1916) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [voice, piano], from Four Songs
by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [2 voices, piano]

by Luigi Caracciolo (1847-1887) , no title, published >>1877 [voice, piano], note: also set in English

by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "Viens, les gazons sont verts", 1875, published 1875.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-19.

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If thou art sleeping, maiden

If thou art sleeping, maiden,
Awake and open thy door,
'Tis the break of day,
and we must away,
O'er meadow, and mount, and moor. 


Wait not to find thy slippers,
But come with thy naked feet;
We shall have to pass
through the dewy grass,
And waters wide and fleet.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , no title, from The Spanish Student, Act 3 scene 6, published 1843

a text in Spanish by Gil Vicente (c1470-c1536) , "Si dormís, doncella", from Farelos GER FRE

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Samuel Hans Adler (1928-) , "Simple Song", from Two Songs from the Portuguese, no. 1.
by Alfred R. Baumann , "Awake", published 1896. [voice, piano]
by Robert Fairfax Birch (1917-) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden", op. 14 no. 5, published 1953.
by Luigi Caracciolo (1847-1887) , "A Muleteer Song", published >>1877 [voice, piano], note: also set in Italian
by Vincenzo Cirillo , "Morning Song", published 1876. [voice, piano]
by Cecil Goodall , "If thou art sleeping" [voice, piano]
by Philip Gordon (1894-?) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden", published 1954. [chorus: SATB, a cappella]
by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "If thou art sleeping", published 1873. [voice and piano]
by Murray Grahame , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [voice, piano]
by William Noel Johnson (1863-1916) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [voice, piano], from Four Songs
by Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-) , "If thou art sleeping, maiden" [2 voices, piano]

Date added to the website: 2003-11-24.