Seumas Beg (Stephens, set by T. Dobson) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A man was sitting underneath a tree 
Outside the village, and he asked me what 
Name was upon this place, and said that he 
Was never here before. He told a lot 
Of stories to me too. His nose was flat. 
I asked him how it happened, and he said 
The first mate of the Mary Ann done that 
With a marling-spike one day, but he was dead, 
And jolly good job too ; and he'd have gone 
A long way to have killed him, and he had 
A gold ring in one ear ; the other one 
"Was bit off by a crocodile, bedad." 
That's what he said. He taught me how to chew. 
He was a real nice man. He liked me too.

Authorship

James Stephens (1882-1950)

Insurrections

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

Tom Dobson (1890-1918)

The Rocky Road to Dublin

Date added to the website: 2009-01-26.

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