The Californy song (Belloc, set by J. Raynor) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I am sailing for America
That far foreign strand,
And I whopes to set foot
In a fair fruitful land,
But in the midst of the ocean
May grow the green apple tree
Avoor l prove faalse
To the girl that loves me.

The moon shall be in darkness,
And the stars give no light
But I'll roll you in my arms
On a cold frosty night.
And in the midst of the ocean
May grow the green apple tree
Avoor I prove faalse
To the girl that loves me.

Input by Ken Edensor

Authorship

(Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

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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)

John Raynor (1909-1970)

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