Four Ducks on a Pond

Four ducks on a pond,
A grass-bank beyond,
A blue sky of spring,
White clouds on the wing;
What a little thing
To remember for years--
To remember with tears!

by William Allingham (1824-1889) , "Four Ducks on a Pond", from Evil May-Day &c., published 1882

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

by Walter Butler , "Four ducks on a pond", published <<1940 [voice, piano], from Four Irish Lyrics
by Edward Toner Cone (1917-) , "A Memory", 1947, first performed 1947. [TTBB, piano]
by Bainbridge Crist (1883-1969) , "What a Little Thing", published << 1940 [high or low voice, piano], from Three Balladettes
by Blair Fairchild (1877-1933) , "A Memory", op. 2 no. 3, published 1909? [medium voice, piano]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Four ducks on a pond" [voice, piano]
by Alicia Adélaïda Needham (1863-1945) , "Four ducks on a pond", published 1913 [alto, piano], from A Branch of Arbutus
by Kurt George Roger (1895-1966) , "Four ducks on a pond", 1952, first performed 1965 [madrigal: SATB a cappella], from Three Irish Madrigals
by Louis Versel , "Four ducks on a pond", published << 1940. [voice, piano]

Date added to the website: 2004-04-12.

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