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Author: Anne Hunter (1742-1821)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics.
A blue rectangle containing a language code such as ENG indicates the presence of a translation to that language. A grey rectangle such as FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but is missing.

A golden robe my Love shall wear GER FRE
L. Beethoven: The golden robe

A pastoral song (My mother bids me bind my hair ) - J. Haydn FRE GER
A spreading hawthorn shades the seat GER FRE
L. Beethoven: The Dairy-House

An die Äolsharfe (Harfe des Winds! Rührt leis und klangreich) FRE
As I slept on the bank of a murmuring stream
J. Haydn: The willow hymn (Yr helyg gân)

Away to the oaken grove (Hob y deri danno) (Sweet, how sweet, the hawthorn blooming) - J. Haydn
Das golden Wams (Ein goldnes Wams mein Liebchen kleid') FRE
Despair (The anguish of my bursting heart ) - J. Haydn FRE
Die Meierei (Ein Weißdorn, weithin schattend, deckt) FRE
Ein goldnes Wams mein Liebchen kleid' FRE
Ein Weißdorn, weithin schattend, deckt FRE
Far from this throbbing bosom haste FRE
J. Haydn: Pleasing Pain

Fidelity (While hollow burst the rushing winds ) - J. Haydn FRE
Harfe des Winds! Rührt leis und klangreich FRE
Hark! Hark, what I tell to thee FRE
J. Haydn: The Spirit's Song

Harp of the winds! In airy measure GER FRE
L. Beethoven: To the Aeolian Harp

Hence! away with idle sorrow!
J. Haydn: Hunting the hare

High on the giddy bending mast FRE
J. Haydn: Sailor's song

Hunting the hare (Hence! away with idle sorrow! ) - J. Haydn
Im kleinen Haus, wo Peggy wohnt FRE
In days of ancient story
J. Haydn: The minstrelsy of Chirk Castle (Erddigan Caer y Waun)

In the white cot where Peggy dwells GER FRE
L. Beethoven: Merch Megan

Merch Megan (In the white cot where Peggy dwells ) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
My mother bids me bind my hair FRE GER
J. Haydn: A pastoral song

Ned Pugh's Farewell (To leave my dear girl, my country, and friends) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
Now the dancing sunbeams play FRE
J. Haydn: The mermaid's song

O tuneful voice (O tuneful voice I still deplore) - J. Haydn FRE
O tuneful voice I still deplore FRE
J. Haydn: O tuneful voice

On Cambria's green vallies, or oak-cover'd hills
J. Haydn: Reged

Peggy's Daughter (In the white cot where Peggy dwells ) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
Peggy's Tochter (Im kleinen Haus, wo Peggy wohnt ) FRE
Pleasing Pain (Far from this throbbing bosom haste ) - J. Haydn FRE
Recollection (The season comes when first we met ) - J. Haydn FRE
Reged (On Cambria's green vallies, or oak-cover'd hills) - J. Haydn
Sailor's song (High on the giddy bending mast ) - J. Haydn FRE
Schäferlied (Stets sagt die Mutter: putze dich ) - J. Haydn FRE (Text: after Anne Hunter)
Seemanns Abschied (Zu scheiden vom Liebchen, von Herd und Kam'rad) FRE
Sir Watkin (Sir Watkin intending ) FRE
J. Haydn: Sir Watkin's dream

Sir Watkin intending FRE
J. Haydn: Sir Watkin's dream

Sir Watkin's dream (Sir Watkin intending ) - J. Haydn FRE
Softly, softly sing;
J. Haydn: The rising sun (Codiad yr haul)

Stets sagt die Mutter: putze dich FRE (Text: after Anne Hunter)
J. Haydn: Schäferlied

Sweet, how sweet, the hawthorn blooming
J. Haydn: Away to the oaken grove (Hob y deri danno)

The ancient harmony (Yr hen erddigan) (Time speeds on his journey, alas! ne'er returning) - J. Haydn
The anguish of my bursting heart FRE
J. Haydn: Despair

The ash grove (Sir Watkin intending ) - J. Haydn FRE
The Britons (Y Brython) (When on the mountain's lofty brow ) - J. Haydn
The Dairy-House (A spreading hawthorn shades the seat) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
The golden robe (A golden robe my Love shall wear) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
The mermaid's song (Now the dancing sunbeams play ) - J. Haydn FRE
The minstrelsy of Chirk Castle (Erddigan Caer y Waun) (In days of ancient story) - J. Haydn
The rising sun (Codiad yr haul) (Softly, softly sing; ) - J. Haydn
The season comes when first we met FRE
J. Haydn: Recollection

The Spirit's Song (Hark! Hark, what I tell to thee) - J. Haydn FRE
The wanderer (To wander alone when the moon, faintly beaming ) - J. Haydn CAT FRE
The willow hymn (Yr helyg gân) (As I slept on the bank of a murmuring stream) - J. Haydn
Time speeds on his journey, alas! ne'er returning
J. Haydn: The ancient harmony (Yr hen erddigan)

To leave my dear girl, my country, and friends GER FRE
L. Beethoven: Ned Pugh's Farewell

To the Aeolian Harp (Harp of the winds! In airy measure ) - L. Beethoven GER FRE
To wander alone when the moon, faintly beaming CAT FRE
J. Haydn: The wanderer

When on the mountain's lofty brow
J. Haydn: The Britons (Y Brython)

While hollow burst the rushing winds FRE
J. Haydn: Fidelity

Zu scheiden vom Liebchen, von Herd und Kam'rad FRE

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