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Author: William Soutar (1898-1943)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

But the Earth Abideth
Collected Poems
In the Time of Tyrants
Poems in Scots
Poems in Scots and English
Seeds in the Wind
The Solitary Way

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A fiddler gaed fiddlin' thru oor toun (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: The fiddler

A laddie's sang (O! it's owre the braes abüne our toun) (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: A laddie's sang

A lucky chap (Wee cock-robin he bobbit east and west) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
A riddle (The child you were) (It was your faither and mither) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
A riddle (The Earth) (There's pairt o' it young ) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
A skelp frae his teacher (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: Black day

A tree's a leerie kind o' loon (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: The daft tree

Ae simmers day (Up by the caller fountain) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x] *
Bairn-Time (Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang) (from Collected Poems) [x] *
M. Dalby: Cradle sang

Ballad (O! shairly ye hae seen my love ) (from Collected Poems) - L. Cheslock [x] *
Bawsy Broon (Dinna gang out the nicht) (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Hallowe'en sang

Bed-time (Cuddle-down, my bairnie) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
Black day (A skelp frae his teacher) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
Blaw, wind, blaw (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: The thistle

Come oot, come oot (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The plum-tree

Corbie sang (The merle in the hauch sings sweet) (from Poems in Scots and English) - F. Scott [x] *
Cradle sang (Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang) (from Collected Poems) - M. Dalby [x] *
Cuddle-down, my bairnie (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: Bed-time

Day is düne (Lully, lylly, my ain wee dearie) (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Day is düne

Day is düne (Lully, lylly, my ain wee dearie) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
Dinna gang out the nicht (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Hallowe'en sang

Dreepin weather (Out stapp't the ae duck) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
Fa'owre, fa'owre, wi' the auld sang (from Collected Poems) [x] *
M. Dalby: Cradle sang

Hairst the licht o' the müne (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] *
M. Dalby: Sang

Half doun the hill, whaur fa's the linn (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
F. Scott: The gowk

Hallowe'en sang (Dinna gang out the nicht) (from Poems in Scots and English) - R. Stevenson [x] *
Hill sang (Liggan on a mossy knowe) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
I think no heaven shall ever be (from The Solitary Way) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The lea

In time of tumult (The thunder and the dark) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - F. Scott [x] *
It isna far frae our toun (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The Buckie Braes

It was your faither and mither (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: A riddle (The child you were)

Liggan on a mossy knowe (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Hill sang

Lully, lylly, my ain wee dearie (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Day is düne

Man comes, at last, to his necessitous hour (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] *
F. Scott: Samson

Nightmare (The tree stood flowering in a dream) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - B. Britten [x] *
O! it's owre the braes abüne our toun (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: A laddie's sang

O! shairly ye hae seen my love (from Collected Poems) [x] *
L. Cheslock: Ballad

Out rins Waggletail (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Waggletail

Out stapp't the ae duck (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: Dreepin weather

Saftly, saftly through the mirk (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: The lanely müne

Samson (Man comes, at last, to his necessitous hour) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - F. Scott [x] *
Sang (Hairst the licht o' the müne) (from Poems in Scots and English) - M. Dalby [x] *
Slaughter (Within the violence of the storm) (from But the Earth Abideth) - B. Britten [x] *
Steepies for the bairnie (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: Supper

Such is the beauty - I. Dunlop [x] *
Supper (Steepies for the bairnie ) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
The Buckie Braes (It isna far frae our toun) (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The Buckie Braes

The auld aik (The auld aik's doun) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
The auld aik's doun (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: The auld aik

The bubbly jock (The bubbly jock's been at the barm) - M. Dalby [x] *
The bubbly jock's been at the barm [x] *
M. Dalby: The bubbly jock

The children - B. Britten [x] *
The daft tree (A tree's a leerie kind o' loon) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x] *
The droll wee man (There was a wee bit mannie) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
The fiddler (A fiddler gaed fiddlin' thru oor toun) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x] *
The gowk (Half doun the hill, whaur fa's the linn) (from Seeds in the Wind) - F. Scott [x] *
The lanely müne (Saftly, saftly through the mirk) (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: The lanely müne

The lanely müne (Saftly, saftly through the mirk) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x] *
The larky lad (The larky lad frae the pantry) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
The larky lad frae the pantry (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: The larky lad

The lea (I think no heaven shall ever be) (from The Solitary Way) - R. Stevenson [x] *
The merle in the hauch sings sweet (from Poems in Scots and English) [x] *
F. Scott: Corbie sang

The plum-tree (Come oot, come oot) (from Seeds in the Wind) - R. Stevenson [x] *
The quiet comes in (Whan the rage is by) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
The thistle (Blaw, wind, blaw) (from Seeds in the Wind) - M. Dalby [x] *
The thunder and the dark (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] *
F. Scott: In time of tumult

The tree stood flowering in a dream (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] *
B. Britten: Nightmare

The tryst (from Poems in Scots) - F. Scott [x] *
There was a wee bit mannie (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The droll wee man

There's pairt o' it young (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: A riddle (The Earth)

To the future (We [He], the unborn, shall bring) (from In the Time of Tyrants) - R. Stevenson [x] *
Up by the caller fountain (from Seeds in the Wind) [x] *
M. Dalby: Ae simmers day

Waggletail (Out rins Waggletail) (from Collected Poems) - R. Stevenson [x] *
We [He], the unborn, shall bring (from In the Time of Tyrants) [x] *
R. Stevenson: To the future

Wee cock-robin he bobbit east and west (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: A lucky chap

Whan the rage is by (from Collected Poems) [x] *
R. Stevenson: The quiet comes in

Who are these children? (With easy hands upon the rain) (from Collected Poems) - B. Britten [x] *
Who are these children? (With easy hands upon the rain) (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: Who are these children?

With easy hands upon the rain (from Collected Poems) [x] *
B. Britten: Who are these children?

Within the violence of the storm (from But the Earth Abideth) [x] *
B. Britten: Slaughter

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