The Bandruidh

My robe is of green,
My crown is of stars -- 
The grass is the green
And the daisies the stars:
O'er lochan and streamlet
My breath moveth sweet ...
Bonnie blue lochans,
Hillwaters fleet.

The song in my heart
Is the song of the birds,
And the wind in my heart
Is the lowing of herds:
The light in my eyes,
And the breath of my mouth,
Are the clouds of spring-skies
And the sound of the South.
(The Airs of Spring)
Grass-green from thy mouth
The sweet sound of the South!

by Fiona Macleod (1885-1905) [pseudonym] , "The Bandruidh", from From the Hills of Dream, published 1896

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

by Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) , "The Bandruidh", published 1904 [voice and piano], from Five Songs, no. ?
by Colin Moncrieff Campbell Taylor (1881-1973) , "The Green Lady", published <<1940.
by Nora F. Wood , "The Bandruidh", published <<1940. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-08-17.

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