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Author: Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

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Comic Annual
Friendship's Offering
The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A lake and a fairy boat (A lake and a fairy boat ) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - P. Warlock, S. Homer, M. Davidson, T. Dunhill, O. Edwards, S. Fraser, B. Hecker, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, G. Holst, L. Johns, E. Kurtz, M. Phillips, W. Trinder, W. Wallace
A lake and a fairy boat (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
P. Warlock, S. Homer, M. Davidson, T. Dunhill, O. Edwards, S. Fraser, B. Hecker, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, G. Holst, L. Johns, E. Kurtz, M. Phillips, W. Trinder, W. Wallace: A lake and a fairy boat

A spade! a rake! a hoe!
S. Homer: The Lay of the Laborer

Autumn (I saw old Autumn in the misty morn ) - J. Sacco
Autumn (The Autumn is old) (from Friendship's Offering) - F. Simpson
Autumn (The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - S. Homer, W. Macfarren, C. Parry
Ballad (It was not in the Winter )
J. Murray: In time of roses
A. Paucker, T. Southam, R. Werther, E. Freer: Time of roses
D. Arditti, A. Barnett, F. Cowen, G. Mays, C. Orr, R. Quilter, M. Scalé: The time of roses
A. Buzzi-Peccia, F. Simpson: It was not in the winter
S. Homer, H. Bunning, T. Halley, A. MacKenzie, H. Roberton, M. Scriblerus, C. Sharpe: It was the time of roses

Ballad (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering)
M. Scriblerus: She's up and gone, the graceless girl!
J. Holbrooke: She's up and gone

Ballad (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
G. Holst: Spring it is cheery
H. Bright: What can an old man do?
J. Holbrooke: Spring is cheery

Blumen (Die schmachtende Aster will ich nicht ) (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.) - W. Bradsky
Die schmachtende Aster will ich nicht (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.)
W. Bradsky: Blumen

Flowers (I will not have the mad Clytie ) (from Friendship's Offering) GER GER
J. Holbrooke: I will woo the rose

Song: For music (A lake and a fairy boat ) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
P. Warlock, S. Homer, M. Davidson, T. Dunhill, O. Edwards, S. Fraser, B. Hecker, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, G. Holst, L. Johns, E. Kurtz, M. Phillips, W. Trinder, W. Wallace: A lake and a fairy boat

For you and me (There is dew for the flow'ret) - E. Farmer, F. Reeves
How oft in families intrudes (from Comic Annual)
J. Parry: The united family

I love thee (I love thee -- I love thee!) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Adams, A. Arnott, E. Cowdell, F. Cowen, W. Hammond, G. Holst, B. Huhn, N. Johnson, W. Loud, E. Overbeck, J. Pointer, A. Burnand, H. Temple, H. Townsend, T. Wendt, A. Foerster
I love thee -- I love thee! (from Friendship's Offering)
J. Adams, A. Arnott, E. Cowdell, F. Cowen, W. Hammond, G. Holst, B. Huhn, N. Johnson, W. Loud, E. Overbeck, J. Pointer, A. Burnand, H. Temple, H. Townsend, T. Wendt, A. Foerster: I love thee

I remember (I remember, I remember the house where I was born ) (from Friendship's Offering) - P. Lutkin, R. Milford, G. Parchman, R. Werther
I remember, I remember (I remember, I remember the house where I was born ) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Blockley, E. Greene, W. Stephens
I remember, I remember the house where I was born (from Friendship's Offering)
P. Lutkin, R. Milford, G. Parchman, R. Werther: I remember
J. Blockley, E. Greene, W. Stephens: I remember, I remember

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
J. Sacco: Autumn

I will not have the mad Clytie (from Friendship's Offering) GER GER
J. Holbrooke: I will woo the rose

I will woo the rose (I will not have the mad Clytie ) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Holbrooke GER GER
In time of roses (It was not in the Winter ) - J. Murray
It was not in the winter (It was not in the Winter ) - A. Buzzi-Peccia, F. Simpson
It was not in the Winter
J. Murray: In time of roses
A. Paucker, T. Southam, R. Werther, E. Freer: Time of roses
D. Arditti, A. Barnett, F. Cowen, G. Mays, C. Orr, R. Quilter, M. Scalé: The time of roses
A. Buzzi-Peccia, F. Simpson: It was not in the winter
S. Homer, H. Bunning, T. Halley, A. MacKenzie, H. Roberton, M. Scriblerus, C. Sharpe: It was the time of roses

It was the time of roses (It was not in the Winter ) - S. Homer, H. Bunning, T. Halley, A. MacKenzie, H. Roberton, M. Scriblerus, C. Sharpe
Lady, wouldst thou heiress be
J. Holbrooke: To a cold beauty

Love thy mother, little one!
C. Sharpe: Love thy mother, little one!

Love thy mother, little one! (Love thy mother, little one! ) - C. Sharpe
Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop (Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop) - P. Cornelius [x]
Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop [x]
P. Cornelius: Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop

O Lady, leave thy silken thread
E. Freer: Song

Ode: Autumn (I saw old Autumn in the misty morn )
J. Sacco: Autumn

O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea
J. Davis, M. Stydolf: To an absentee

One more Unfortunate
R. Herman: The bridge of sighs

Our hands have met (Our hands have met, but not our hearts) - W. Wallace
Our hands have met, but not our hearts
W. Wallace: Our hands have met

Parting (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night ) - A. Bartholomew RUS
She's up and gone (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Holbrooke
She's up and gone, the graceless girl! (from Friendship's Offering)
M. Scriblerus: She's up and gone, the graceless girl!
J. Holbrooke: She's up and gone

She's up and gone, the graceless girl! (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering) - M. Scriblerus
Silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound ) - J. Duarte, D. Manneke, H. Willan
Soliloquy IV (There is a silence where hath been no sound ) - P. Lane
Song (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
J. Holbrooke: The stars
H. Bright, G. Clutsam, G. Holst, G. Holst, H. Jones, W. Macfarren, A. MacKenzie, M. Phillips, J. Pointer, H. Smart, A. Zimmermann, C. Rogers, F. Allitsen: The stars are with the voyager

Song (There is dew for the flow'ret)
A. Troostwyck, J. Whitaker: There's love for you and me
E. Farmer, F. Reeves: For you and me
C. Gounod: There is dew
F. Cowen, E. Faning, G. Holst, C. Macirone, J. Matthews, B. Parkyns, F. Simpson: There is dew for the flow'ret

Song (O Lady, leave thy silken thread ) - E. Freer
Sonnet: To my wife (Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet)
J. Holbrooke: To my wife

Sonnet: Silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound )
J. Duarte, D. Manneke, H. Willan: Silence
J. Chorbajian: There is a silence
P. Lane: Soliloquy IV

Spring is cheery (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke
Spring it is cheery (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - G. Holst
Spring it is cheery (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
G. Holst: Spring it is cheery
H. Bright: What can an old man do?
J. Holbrooke: Spring is cheery

The autumn is old (The Autumn is old) (from Friendship's Offering) - G. Holst
The Autumn is old (from Friendship's Offering)
G. Holst: The autumn is old
F. Simpson: Autumn

The autumn skies are flush'd with gold (The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - M. Phillips
The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
M. Phillips: The autumn skies are flush'd with gold
S. Homer, W. Macfarren, C. Parry: Autumn

The bridge of sighs (One more Unfortunate ) - R. Herman
The death-bed (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night ) RUS
A. Bartholomew: Parting
L. Kerbusch: We watched her breathing
W. Gill, E. Smyth, H. Poole: We watched her breathing through the night

The exile (The swallow with summer) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - A. Zimmermann
The fairy queen - G. Bantock [x]
The Lay of the Laborer (A spade! a rake! a hoe! ) - S. Homer
The song of the shirt (With fingers weary and worn ) - S. Homer, A. Behrend, J. Tully
The stars (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke
The stars are with the voyager (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - H. Bright, G. Clutsam, G. Holst, G. Holst, H. Jones, W. Macfarren, A. MacKenzie, M. Phillips, J. Pointer, H. Smart, A. Zimmermann, C. Rogers, F. Allitsen
The stars are with the voyager (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
J. Holbrooke: The stars
H. Bright, G. Clutsam, G. Holst, G. Holst, H. Jones, W. Macfarren, A. MacKenzie, M. Phillips, J. Pointer, H. Smart, A. Zimmermann, C. Rogers, F. Allitsen: The stars are with the voyager

The swallow with summer (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
A. Zimmermann: The exile

The time of roses (It was not in the Winter ) - D. Arditti, A. Barnett, F. Cowen, G. Mays, C. Orr, R. Quilter, M. Scalé
The united family (How oft in families intrudes) (from Comic Annual) - J. Parry
There is a silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound ) - J. Chorbajian
There is a silence where hath been no sound
J. Duarte, D. Manneke, H. Willan: Silence
J. Chorbajian: There is a silence
P. Lane: Soliloquy IV

There is dew (There is dew for the flow'ret) - C. Gounod
There is dew for the flow'ret (There is dew for the flow'ret) - F. Cowen, E. Faning, G. Holst, C. Macirone, J. Matthews, B. Parkyns, F. Simpson
There is dew for the flow'ret
A. Troostwyck, J. Whitaker: There's love for you and me
E. Farmer, F. Reeves: For you and me
C. Gounod: There is dew
F. Cowen, E. Faning, G. Holst, C. Macirone, J. Matthews, B. Parkyns, F. Simpson: There is dew for the flow'ret

There's love for you and me (There is dew for the flow'ret) - A. Troostwyck, J. Whitaker
Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet
J. Holbrooke: To my wife

Time of roses (It was not in the Winter ) - A. Paucker, T. Southam, R. Werther, E. Freer
'Tis all that I can say (I love thee -- I love thee!) (from Friendship's Offering) - H. Temple
To a child embracing his mother (Love thy mother, little one! )
C. Sharpe: Love thy mother, little one!

To a cold beauty (Lady, wouldst thou heiress be ) - J. Holbrooke
To a false friend (Our hands have met, but not our hearts)
W. Wallace: Our hands have met

To an absentee (O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea ) - J. Davis, M. Stydolf
To my wife (Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet) - J. Holbrooke
U smertnogo odra (Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej... )
A. Rasmadse: Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej

Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej (Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej... ) - A. Rasmadse
Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej...
A. Rasmadse: Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej

We watch'd her breathing thro' the night RUS
A. Bartholomew: Parting
L. Kerbusch: We watched her breathing
W. Gill, E. Smyth, H. Poole: We watched her breathing through the night

We watched her breathing (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night ) - L. Kerbusch RUS
We watched her breathing through the night (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night ) - W. Gill, E. Smyth, H. Poole RUS
What can an old man do? (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - H. Bright
With fingers weary and worn
S. Homer, A. Behrend, J. Tully: The song of the shirt

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