The Dug-Out (Sassoon, set by W. Flanagan, C. Taylor) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent across your sullen, cold,
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head...
You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.

First published in Nation, August 1918

Authorship

Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886-1967)

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

William Flanagan (1923-1969)

Clifford Taylor (1923-)

Collected Songs (1950-54)

Date added to the website: 2008-10-19.

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