A cradle song

O men from the fields,
Come gently within,
Tread softly, softly,
O men, coming in...

For [m'mhurnin]1 is going
From me and from you
Where Mary will fold him
With mantle of blue,

From reek of the smoke
And cold of the floor
And peering of things
Across the half-door.

O men from the fields,
Softly, softly come through;
Mary puts round him 
Her mantle of blue.

by Padraic Colum (1881-1972) , "A cradle song", from Wild Earth, published 1907

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

by James Angel , "A cradle song", published 1949. [two-part chorus and piano]
by Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (1883-1953) , "Cradle Song", 1918?, published 1922 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Three Irish Songs, no. 1.
by Margaret Brand (1913-1953) , "O, men from the fields", <<1943. [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Mantle of blue", published 1919. [voice and piano]
by Charlotte Cadoret , "Cradle song", published <<1940.
by Arnold Atkinson Cooke (1906-2005) , "O, men from the fields", published 1961. [voice or unison voices and piano or organ]
by Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) , "A cradle song", 1927. [soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Edgar Martin Deale (1902-1999) , "O, men from the fields", 1967. [voice and piano]
by Edgar Martin Deale (1902-1999) , "O, men from the fields", 1968 [SATB chorus and piccolo], from Padraic Colum: Four Facets, no. ?
by Edgar Martin Deale (1902-1999) , "O, men from the fields", published 1973. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by James Richard Dear (1870-?) , "Tread softly", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Two songs, no. ?
by John William Duarte (1919-) , "A cradle song", published 1951. [high voice and classical guitar]
by Paul N. Edmonds , "Cradle song", published 1920. [voice and piano]
by Robert James Berkeley Fleming (1921-1976) , "Cradle song", 1937. [voice and piano]
by Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) , "Cradle song", published <<1940.
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "A cradle song", op. 127 (A Book of Five Songs) no. 3 (1938). [voice and piano]
by Sir (Herbert) Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) , "Cradle song", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by John Hind , "A cradle song", published 1951. [medium voice and piano]
by Herbert Hughes (1882-1937) , "O men from the fields", subtitle: "A cradle song", <<1937. [voice and piano]
by Ernest L. Lodge , "The mantle of blue", published <<1940.
by H. Raymond Loughborough (-1967) , "O, men from the fields", published <<1940.
by Paul McIntyre , "Cradle song", 1945. [voice and piano]
by Dorothy Parke , "A cradle song", published 1963. [SSA chorus and piano]
by Barbara Pentland (1912-) , "A cradle song", 1938. [four-part chorus a cappella]
by Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901-1986) , "Cradle song", 1923. [voice and piano]
by Mary Sheldon , "Cradle song", published <<1940.
by Alan Stout (1932-) , "Cradle song" [high voice and piano]
by Paul W. Sweetman , "Lullaby", published 1962. [SSA chorus a cappella]
by Christopher J. Thomas , "O, men from the fields", published <<1940.
by Kenneth Tod , "Cradle song", published <<1940.
by Bryceson Treharne (1879-1948) , "O, men from the fields", published <<1940.
by Mary Watson Weaver (1903-) , "Cradle song", published <<1940.
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "A cradle song", 1941, copyright © 1946. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Philip George Wilkinson (1929-) , "A cradle song", published 1957. [two-part chorus and piano]

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