The street sounds to the soldiers' tread

The street sounds to the soldiers' tread,
And out we troop to see:
A single redcoat turns his head,
He turns and looks at me.

My man, from sky to sky's so far,
We never crossed before;
Such leagues apart the world's ends are,
We're like to meet no more.

What thoughts at heart have you and I
We cannot stop to tell;
But dead or living, drunk or dry,
Soldier, I wish you well.

by Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) , from A Shropshire Lad, no. 22, published 1896

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

by Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread"
by Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) , "The street", 1940. [voice and piano]
by Edward Toner Cone (1917-) , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread" [bass-baritone and piano]
by Louis Crerar , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread", 1956 [high voice and piano], from Housman Songs, no. ?
by Alfred Redgrave Cripps (1882-1950) , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread", published <<1944 [voice and piano], from Five "Shropshire Lad" Songs, no. ?
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "The encounter", published 1921 [voice and piano], from The Land of Lost Content, no. 5.
by Constant Lambert (1905-1951) , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878-1937) , "Soldier, I wish you well", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by Humphrey Searle (1915-1982) , "March Past"
by Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) , "The street sounds to the soldiers' tread", published 1904 [voice and piano], from A Shropshire Lad, no. 5.

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