Pirate story

Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
  Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea.
Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,
  And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.

Where shall we adventure, today that we're afloat,
  Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
  To Providence, or Babylon or off to Malabar?

Hi! but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea --
  Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a roar!
Quick, and we'll escape them, they're as mad as they can be,
  The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) , "Pirate story", from A Child's Garden of Verses, published 1885

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 Falk , "Pirate story", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garden of Verses, no. ?
by Joseph Groocock , "Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing", published 1957 [SSA chorus and piano], from A Child's Garden, no. ?
by Sidney Homer (1864-1953) , "Pirate story", op. 16 (Three songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses") no. 1. [voice and piano]
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878-1937) , "Pirate story", published 1910. [voice and piano]
by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) , "Pirate story", 30 no. 2, published 1892 [voice and piano], from A Child's Garland of Songs, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2008-11-28.

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