Mother o' mine

If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) , "Mother o' mine", from The Light That Failed, published 1891

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

possibly by George Aitken , "Mother o' mine", published 1926 [voice and piano], note: may be a different G. Aitken
by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) , "Mother o' mine", published 1914. [men's chorus]
by Arthur Claassen (1859-1920) , "Mother o' mine", published 1914. [voice and piano]
by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) , "Dedication", published 1912. [tenor and piano]
by Arthur Kellogg , "Mother o' mine", published 1937. [voice and piano]
by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890-1969) , "Mother o' mine", published 1915. [voice and piano]
by Samuel Liddle (1864?-1951) , "Mother o' mine", published 1926. [voice and piano]
by Mrs. Raymond Maude , "Mother o' mine", published <<1912. [voice and piano]
by Homer Albert Norris (1860?5-1920) , "Mother o' mine", published 1900. [voice and piano]
by Leo Ornstein (1892?4?-2002) , "Mother o' mine", published 1915. [voice and piano]
by Vilém Petrželka (1889-1967) , "Mother o' mine", published 1923 [voice and piano], from Solitude of Sole, no. ?, also set in Czech
by Robert Stuart Piggot , "Mother o' mine", published 1909. [three-part or four-part men's chorus]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866-1934) , "Mother o' mine", published 1926. [men's chorus]
by Bertha Remick , "Mother o' mine", published 1907. [voice and piano]
by Caro Roma (1866-1937) , "Mother o' mine", published 1914. [voice and piano]
by Louie Sington , "Mother o' mine" [voice and piano], in To-day Magazine, July 1904; republished alone in 1922
by Frank E. Tours , "Mother o' mine", published 1903. [voice and piano]
by B. Maxwell Weyman , "Mother o' mine", published 1909. [voice and piano]

by Vilém Petrželka (1889-1967) , "Matko má!", published 1923 [voice and piano], from Solitude of Sole, no. ?, also set in English

Date added to the website: 2009-02-10.

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