Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
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English
Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
Within her misty veil:
She scales the sky from east to west,
And takes no rest.
Before the coming of the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the dawning of the day
She fades away.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by Edward Thomas Chapman (1902-)
, "Is the moon tired?", published 1928. [soprano, piano]
by Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie (1847-1935)
, "Is the moon tired? she looks so pale", published 1916 [unison voices and piano], from Kookoorookoo and other songs
by Ivan Phillip
, "Is the moon tired?", published 1929. [two-part chorus of equal voices, piano]
by Netty Simons (1913-)
, "Is the moon tired?", 1949 [narrator, violin, viola, violoncello, double-bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon], from Set of Poems
by Felix Gerald Swinstead (1880-1959)
, "Is the moon tired?", published 1907 [voice and piano], from Sing-Song Cycle, no. ?
Date added to the website: 2006-01-27.
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