The sheep (O'Sullivan, set by P. Hadley, R. Johnston) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Slowly they pass 
In the grey of the evening 
Over the wet road, 
A flock of sheep.
Slowly they wend 
In the grey of the gloaming 
Over the wet road 
That winds through the town. 
Slowly they pass, 
And gleaming whitely 
Vanish away 
In the grey of the evening. 
Ah, what memories 
Loom for a moment, 
Gleam for a moment, 
And vanish away, 
Of the white days 
When we two together 
Went in the evening, 
Where the sheep lay, 
We two together, 
Went with slow feet 
In the grey of the evening 
Where the sheep lay. 
Whitely they gleam 
For a moment and vanish.

Authorship

Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958)

The Twilight People

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

Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (1899-1973)

Richard Johnston (1917-)

The Irish Book

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

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