Who goes amid the green wood

Who goes amid the green wood 
  With springtide all adorning her? 
Who goes amid the meny green wood 
  To make it merrier? 

Who passes in the sunlight 
  By ways that know the light footfall? 
Who passes in the sweet sunlight 
  With mien so virginal? 

The ways of all the woodland 
  Gleam with a soft and golden fire? 
For whom does all the sunny woodland 
  Carry so brave attire? 

O, it is for my true love 
The woods their rich apparel wear 
O, it is for my own true love, 
  That is so young and fair.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 8, published 1907

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

by David Arditti (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 6 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 6.
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "Who goes amid the green wood", 1951 [high voice and piano], from Six Songs to Poems of James Joyce, no. ?
by James Brown , "Who goes amid the green wood" [tenor or baritone and piano]
by Laurence Clarke , "Who goes amid the green wood" [soprano and piano], from "Chamber Music": Five Poems by James Joyce, no. ?
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "Who goes amid the green wood", published 1955 [soprano, tenor, alto, and string quartet], from Ten Poems, no. ?
by Carl J. Kittleson (1920-) , "Who goes amid the green wood" [soprano, flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, bassoon], from Three Songs for Soprano and Woodwinds, no. ?
by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "The merry green wood", published 1930 [baritone and piano], from Seven Poems by James Joyce, no. ?
by Howard L. Richards (1927-) , "Who goes amid the green wood", published 1960. [SATB a cappella]
by Williametta Spencer (1932-) , "Who goes amid the green wood", published 1970. [madrigal: SATB a cappella]

by András Mihály (1917-) , no title, 1958 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Chamber Music

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