My own country (Belloc, set by J. Raynor, P. Warlock, D. Moule-Evans) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I shall go without companions,
And with nothing in my hand;
I shall pass through many places
That I cannot understand -
Until I come to my own country,
Which is a pleasant land!

The trees that grow in my own country
Are the beech tree and the yew;
Many stand together
And some stand few.
In the month of May in my own country
All the woods are new.

When I get to my own country
I shall lie down and sleep;
I shall watch in the valleys
The long flocks of sheep.
And then I shall dream, for ever and all,
A good dream and deep.

Authorship

(Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

The Four Men

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

David Moule-Evans (1905-)

Three songs

John Raynor (1909-1970)

Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym]

Three Belloc Songs

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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