Weathers

 This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
	And so do I;
 When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
	And nestlings fly;
 And the little brown nightingale bills his best,
 And they sit outside at "The Traveller's Rest",
 And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest,
 And citizens dream of the south and west,
	And so do I.

 This is the weather the shepherd shuns,
	And so do I;
 When beeches drip in browns and duns,
	And thresh and ply;
 And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe,
 And meadow rivulets overflow,
 And drops on gate bars hang in a row,
 And rooks in families homeward go,
	And so do I.

by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) , "Weathers"

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) Maurice Besly (1888-1945) , "Weathers", published 1926. [voice, piano]
by James Brown , "Weathers" [alto, baritone, piano]
by James Henry Baseden Butt (1929-) , "Weathers", published 1965. [unison voices or high voice, piano]
by Peter Charles Crossley-Holland (1916-) , "The weather the cuckoo likes", published 1956. [high voice, piano]
by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "Weathers", c1920, note: unfinished
by Roger Elwyn Fiske (1910-) , "Weathers", published 1951. [mezzo-soprano or baritone, piano]
by Norman Gilbert (1912-) , "Weathers", published 1957. [unison voices, piano]
by Harold Greenhill , "A Song of Weathers", published 1929. [voice, piano]
by Michael Head (1900-1976) , "Weathers", published 1933 [soprano, piano], from More Songs of the Countryside
by Derek Healey (1936-) , "This is the weather the cuckoo likes", 1961 [soprano or tenor, piano], from Five Thomas Hardy Songs
by Rae Holmes (1940-) , "Weathers", 1962. [satb a cappella]
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "Weathers", published 1925 [voice, piano], from Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy, no. 3.
by Carl J. Kittleson (1920-) , "Weathers" [satb a cappella], from Three Poems of Thomas Hardy
by Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (1908-) , "Weathers", published 1963 [soprano, tenor, satb, orchestra], from Six Country Songs
by William Lovelock (1899-) , "Weathers", published 1958. [two-part chorus, piano?]
by Robin Humphrey Milford (1903-1959) , "Weathers", published 1930 [unison voices, piano], from Rain, Wind and Sunshine
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Weathers", published <<1972. [soprano, piano]
by Arthur John Pritchard , "Weathers", published 1968. [satb a cappella]
by David E. Stone (1922-) , "Weathers", published 1951. [sa, piano]
by Eric Harding Thiman (1900-1975) , "Weathers", published c1950. [ssa a cappella]
by Alan Dales Thompson (1901-) , "Weathers", published 1949. [medium voice, piano]
by Jack Allan Westrup (1904-1975) , "Weathers", published 1941. [satb a cappella]
by Ramon Zupko (1932-) , "Weathers" [satb a cappella]

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