The shuiler (Campbell, set by A. Scott) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Every shuiler is Christ
Then be not hard or cold : 
The bit that goes for Christ 
Will come a hundred-fold. 

The ear upon your corn 
Will burst before its time ; 
Your roots will yield a crop 
Without manure or lime. 

And every sup you give 
To crutch him on his way 
Will fill your churn with milk, 
And choke your barn with hay. 

Then when the shuiler begs, 
Be neither hard nor cold : 
The share that goes for Christ 
Will come a hundred-fold.

Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

Joseph Campbell (1881-1944)

The Gilly of Christ

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

Annie D. Scott

Four Irish Songs

Date added to the website: 2009-02-03.

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