Rann of Wandering (Colum, set by A. Bax, H. Harty) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


On Saint Bride's day, when it comes, I will throw a sail on the lake, 
And in Kiltimagh of my friends on a fine day I'll awake, 
Where the hounds will go before us, and make music of delight ; 
Where the fires will be piled up, and the tables spread at night ! 

O, my courage will be mounting up until my spirit's so, 
That within a mile of the World's Mouth I will be fain to go : 
Sure the scatt'ring of the mist across leaves no half wish behind, 
And my heart was ever lifted with the lifting of the wind.

Authorship

Padraic Colum (1881-1972)

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

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953)

Three Irish Songs

Sir (Herbert) Hamilton Harty (1879-1941)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-13.

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