Brigid's Song

Dingdong! The castle bell!
Farewell, my mother!
Bury me in the old churchyard
Beside my eldest brother.
My coffin shall be black,
Six angels at my back,
Two to sing and two to pray
And two to carry my soul away.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , no title, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, published 1914-6

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

by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) , "Brigid's Song", published 1947. [high voice and piano]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) , "Brigid's Song", published 1959 [low or medium voice, light soprano, and piano], from James Joyce Songs, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2008-07-22.

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