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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

[Also see this author's vocal compositions]

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

A Child's Garden of Verses
Songs of Travel and other verses
Three Short Poems
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
Treasure Island
Underwoods

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A birdie with a yellow bill (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
M. Williamson, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, T. Riego, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, F. Gambogi, M. Radnor, A. Rowley: Time to rise

A child should always say what's true (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
M. Williamson, H. Bright, E. Falk: Whole duty of children

A dirge - J. Blumenthal [x]
A good boy (I woke before the morning ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, R. Hahn, H. Bartlett, T. Crawford FRE
A good child (I woke before the morning ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Quilter FRE
A happy thought (The world is so full of a number of things ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Jager ITA
A moral (Children, you are very little ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann
A requiem (Under the wide and starry sky ) (from Underwoods) - H. Craxton ITA GER
A song of travel (We uncommiserate pass into the night ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - B. Jarrett
A thought (It is very nice to think) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Conant, E. Falk, M. Radnor, A. Giacometti ITA
A visit from the sea (Far from the loud sea beaches ) - I. Gurney, E. Smith, C. Taylor, J. Fontyn, G. Peel
A windy day (I saw you toss the kites on high) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Longmire
Again I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well
F. White: The piper

Alcaics to H. F. Brown (Brave lads in olden musical centuries )
P. Wishart: Old songs

All around the house is the jet-black night (from A Child's Garden of Verses - Northwest Passage)
M. Andrews, T. Riego, N. Gilbert, G. Rathbone, A. Rowley, R. Stevenson, M. Thomas, J. Whitfield, L. Zaninelli: Shadow march

All night long and every night (All night long and every night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock
All night long and every night (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Groocock: All night long and every night
S. Homer, A. Foote, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, H. Hadley, G. Peel, M. Radnor: Young night thought

All the names I know from nurse (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
A. Rosenstein: Baby's garden
M. Williamson, M. Radnor: The flowers

All things on earth and sea (from Three Short Poems)
F. Moore: This love of ours

And this shall be for music (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - G. Cory ITA GER
Armies in the fire (The lamps now glitter down the street ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - K. Richards
At evening when the lamp is lit (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
H. Bartlett: The Land of Story-Books

At the sea-side (When I was down beside the sea ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Falk, F. Gambogi, K. Gehrkens, W. Miessner
At the seashore (When I was down beside the sea ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - N. Curtis
Auntie's skirt (Whenever Auntie moves around) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - V. Drozdoff, E. Falk
Autumn fires (In the other gardens ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - H. Bright, M. Radnor, E. Smith, M. McLaughlin
Baby's garden (All the names I know from nurse ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Rosenstein
Bed in summer (In winter I get up at night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Ireland, N. Blaney, H. Brook, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, J. Ireland, A. Mallinson, D. Moule-Evans, H. Parker, C. Parry, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, G. Shaw, C. Stanford, J. Wardale, P. Wilkinson, L. Zaninelli, A. Giacometti ITA
Block City (What are you able to build with your blocks?) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Crowningshield, S. Lekberg, M. Radnor
Blows the wind (Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - J. Brown
Blows the wind to-day (Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - C. Carey, H. Hopekirk, D. Simpson
Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
J. Brown: Blows the wind
A. Voormolen: Grey recumbent tombs
C. Carey, H. Hopekirk, D. Simpson: Blows the wind to-day

Boats of mine (Dark brown is the river ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Miller ITA
Brave lads in olden musical centuries
P. Wishart: Old songs

Bright is the ring (Bright is the ring of words ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - A. Hinton HUN ITA
Bright is the ring of words (Bright is the ring of words ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams, P. Warlock, C. Carey, R. Farley, W. Hadow, S. Liddle, G. O'Hara, C. Oliver, G. Peel, A. Williams HUN ITA
Bright is the ring of words (from Songs of Travel and other verses) HUN ITA
A. Hinton: Bright is the ring
I. Gurney: Song and singer
R. Vaughan Williams, P. Warlock, P. Warlock, C. Carey, R. Farley, W. Hadow, S. Liddle, G. O'Hara, C. Oliver, G. Peel, A. Williams: Bright is the ring of words

Bring the comb and play upon it (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
M. Williamson, M. Andrews, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, R. De Koven, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, L. Lehmann, S. Lekberg, P. Naylor, G. Peel, A. Rowley, F. Spedding, C. Stanford, E. Thompson, J. Whitfield, P. Williams, L. Zaninelli: Marching song

By sunny market-place and street
J. Westrup: Prelude

Children, you are very little (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
G. Peel: Good and bad children
L. Lehmann: A moral

Come, here is adieu to the city (Come, here is adieu to the city) - J. Westrup
Come, here is adieu to the city
J. Westrup: Come, here is adieu to the city

Come, my little children (Come, my little children, here are songs for you) - C. Taylor, F. White
Come, my little children, here are songs for you
C. Taylor, F. White: Come, my little children

Come up here. O dusty feet! (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
A. Foerster, F. Gambogi, M. Radnor, E. Smith: Fairy bread

County of Peebles - I. Gurney [x]
Dark brown is the river (Dark brown is the river ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock, E. Nevin ITA
Dark brown is the river (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
A. Miller: Boats of mine
R. Quilter, J. Masseus, E. Thiman, M. Williamson, A. Foerster, M. Andrews, E. Bacon, M. Barnes, T. Crawford, T. Riego, E. Falk, C. Floyd, H. Hadley, M. Helyer, U. Kay, R. Macdonald, S. Muschamp, G. Peel, M. Radnor, B. Scott, E. Smith, C. Stanford, E. Thiman, M. Thomas, V. Weigl, P. Williams, L. Zaninelli: Where go the boats?
J. Groocock, E. Nevin: Dark brown is the river
G. Cohen: Where go the boats

Ditty (The cock shall crow in the morning grey ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - J. Koch
Does it not seem hard (In winter I get up at night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Andrews ITA
Down by a shining water well (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Masseus, T. Crawford, R. Goldman, O. Morawetz: My kingdom

Envoy (Go, little book, and wish to all) (from Underwoods) ITA
V. Rieti: Wishes

Escape at bedtime (The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - O. Morawetz, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, C. Field FRE
Evensong (The embers of the day are red ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - S. Homer
Every night - E. Nevin [x]
Every night my prayers I say (Every night my prayers I say ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann
Every night my prayers I say (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
N. Curtis, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor: System
L. Lehmann: Every night my prayers I say

Fairy bread (Come up here. O dusty feet! ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Foerster, F. Gambogi, M. Radnor, E. Smith
Far from the loud sea beaches
I. Gurney, E. Smith, C. Taylor, J. Fontyn, G. Peel: A visit from the sea

Farewell to the farm (The coach is at the door at last) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Chadwick, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, T. Shepard, M. Thomas, P. Williams
Faster than fairies, faster than witches (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
A. Bentley: Song of the train
O. Morawetz, M. Williamson, A. Butterworth, F. Gambogi, H. Hadley, F. Jackson, R. Jager, A. Rowley, H. Ley: From a railway carriage

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest (from Treasure Island) HUN
H. Gilbert: Pirate song

For your delight (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Hundley ITA GER
Foreign children (Little Indian, Sioux or Crow ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - O. Morawetz, L. Lehmann, A. Giacometti, M. Andrews, T. Crawford, E. Falk, V. Herbert, R. Quilter, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, R. Spencer, C. Stanford, J. Wardale, L. Zaninelli ITA
Foreign lands (Up into the cherry tree) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Falk, M. Radnor, M. Salter, T. Shepard, C. Stanford
From a railway carriage (Faster than fairies, faster than witches ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - O. Morawetz, M. Williamson, A. Butterworth, F. Gambogi, H. Hadley, F. Jackson, R. Jager, A. Rowley, H. Ley
From breakfast on through all the day (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, W. Gilchrist, H. Norris, M. Radnor, L. Zaninelli: The Land of Nod

Give me the life I loved (Give to me the life I love ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - M. Kalmanoff ITA
Give to me the life I love (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
R. Vaughan Williams, D. Byars, N. Cain, W. Davies, J. Pease, G. Smith, O. Speaks, W. Thayer, J. Wells, F. Young, G. Peel: The vagabond
M. Kalmanoff: Give me the life I loved

Go, little book, and wish to all (from Underwoods) ITA
V. Rieti: Wishes

Going to sleep (The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Jager FRE
Good and bad children (Children, you are very little ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Peel
Great is the sun, and wide he goes (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
G. Conant, M. Radnor: Summer sun

Grey recumbent tombs (Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - A. Voormolen
Grey recumbent tombs of the dead in desert places (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
J. Brown: Blows the wind
A. Voormolen: Grey recumbent tombs
C. Carey, H. Hopekirk, D. Simpson: Blows the wind to-day

Happy thought (The world is so full of a number of things ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, H. Bright, J. Clark, E. Falk, M. Radnor, A. Giacometti ITA
He hears with gladdened heart the thunder (He hears with gladdened heart the thunder) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - W. Davies
He hears with gladdened heart the thunder (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
W. Davies: He hears with gladdened heart the thunder

Here in the quiet eve
M. Carew: In the quiet eve

Here is the mill with the humming of thunder (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
L. Lehmann, E. Crowningshield, O. Morawetz: Keepsake Mill

Home no more home to me, whither must I wander (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA GER
R. Vaughan Williams: Whither must I wander?

House of mine (House of mine (it went), house upon the sea) - D. Stewart
House of mine (it went), house upon the sea
D. Stewart: House of mine

How do you like to go up in a swing (How do you like to go up in a swing ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock FRE
How do you like to go up in a swing (from A Child's Garden of Verses) FRE
O. Morawetz, A. Foerster, L. Lehmann, R. Hahn, J. Chorbajian, T. Crawford, N. Curtis, R. De Koven, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, H. Hadley, M. Helyer, P. Judd, D. Mason, D. Moule-Evans, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, B. Scott, G. Shaw, E. Smith, M. Thomas, J. Whitfield, P. Williams, W. Wood, L. Zaninelli, B. Hardin: The swing
J. Groocock: How do you like to go up in a swing
M. Andrews, F. Moore: Swing song

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Smith: The shadow
M. Andrews, N. Blaney, W. Bradley, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, H. Hadley, L. Lehmann, F. Leoni, O. Morawetz, M. Radnor, H. Samuels, T. Shepard, C. Stanford, W. Stephens, J. Wardale, J. Whitfield: My shadow

I have trod the upward and the downward slope (I have trod the upward and the downward slope) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams ITA
I have trod the upward and the downward slope (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
R. Vaughan Williams: I have trod the upward and the downward slope

I know not how it is with you (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
I saw you toss the kites on high (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
F. Bullard, H. Clark, M. Covert, T. Crawford, N. Curtis, R. De Koven, K. Fowler, W. Gilchrist, C. Grosvenor, V. Herbert, R. Jager, R. Nixon, M. Radnor: The wind
J. Longmire: A windy day

I should like to rise and go (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
D. Protheroe: Travel

I will make you brooches (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - G. Butterworth, W. Bury, A. Collins, W. Fast, I. Gurney, M. Helyer, K. Korte, H. Noble, J. Jeffreys, G. Peel ITA GER
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - H. Allen, R. Clarke ITA GER
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA GER
R. Hundley: For your delight
E. Farrar, R. Vaughan Williams, A. Pritchard, C. Sharman, C. Vale: The roadside fire
C. Ide: Lovers of the wild
G. Butterworth, W. Bury, A. Collins, W. Fast, I. Gurney, M. Helyer, K. Korte, H. Noble, G. Peel: I will make you brooches
G. Cory: And this shall be for music
H. Allen, R. Clarke: I will make you brooches and toys for your delight
E. Diemer, D. Ford, P. Warlock, J. Jeffreys, J. Jeffreys: Romance

I woke before the morning (from A Child's Garden of Verses) FRE
R. Quilter: A good child
T. Riego: Sleepsin-by
M. Williamson, R. Hahn, H. Bartlett, T. Crawford: A good boy

In dreams (In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams ITA GER
In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand (In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - E. Schenck ITA GER
In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA GER
E. Schenck: In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand
R. Vaughan Williams: In dreams

In port (Last, to the chamber where I lie ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses - Northwest Passage) - F. Gambogi
In the highlands (In the highlands, in the country places ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - C. Gibbs, G. Peel, R. Quilter GER
In the highlands, in the country places (In the highlands, in the country places ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - G. Butterworth, H. Clark, R. Robbins, B. Rodewald, C. Rootham, R. Stevenson, G. Victory GER
In the highlands, in the country places (from Songs of Travel and other verses) GER
C. Gibbs, G. Peel, R. Quilter: In the highlands
G. Butterworth, H. Clark, R. Robbins, B. Rodewald, C. Rootham, R. Stevenson, G. Victory: In the highlands, in the country places

In the other gardens (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
A. Rossiter: Song of the seasons
H. Bright, M. Radnor, E. Smith, M. McLaughlin: Autumn fires
T. Dorr: Sing a song of seasons, something bright in all

In the quiet eve (Here in the quiet eve) - M. Carew
In winter I get up at night (In winter I get up at night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Nevin ITA
In winter I get up at night (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
E. Nevin: In winter I get up at night
J. Ireland, N. Blaney, H. Brook, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, J. Ireland, A. Mallinson, D. Moule-Evans, H. Parker, C. Parry, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, G. Shaw, C. Stanford, J. Wardale, P. Wilkinson, L. Zaninelli, A. Giacometti: Bed in summer
A. Foerster: Song of Bed-time
M. Andrews: Does it not seem hard

It is very nice to think (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
G. Conant, E. Falk, M. Radnor, A. Giacometti: A thought

Keepsake Mill (Over the borders, a sin without pardon ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann, E. Crowningshield, O. Morawetz
Last, to the chamber where I lie (from A Child's Garden of Verses - Northwest Passage)
F. Gambogi: In port

Let Beauty awake (Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams ITA GER
Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA GER
R. Vaughan Williams: Let Beauty awake

Little Indian (Little Indian, Sioux or Crow ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Peel ITA
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
G. Peel: Little Indian
O. Morawetz, L. Lehmann, A. Giacometti, M. Andrews, T. Crawford, E. Falk, V. Herbert, R. Quilter, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, R. Spencer, C. Stanford, J. Wardale, L. Zaninelli: Foreign children

Looking forward (When I am grown to man's estate ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, E. Falk, A. Giacometti ITA
Looking-Glass River (Smooth it slides upon its travel ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Carpenter, I. Gurney
Lovers of the wild (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - C. Ide ITA GER
Marching song (Bring the comb and play upon it ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, M. Andrews, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, R. De Koven, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, L. Lehmann, S. Lekberg, P. Naylor, G. Peel, A. Rowley, F. Spedding, C. Stanford, E. Thompson, J. Whitfield, P. Williams, L. Zaninelli
Mein Weib - B. Shapleigh [x]
My bed is a boat (My bed is like a little boat ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, H. Brook, T. Riego, W. Gilchrist, G. Peel, M. Radnor, P. Turnbull, A. Giacometti ITA
My bed is like a little boat (My bed is like a little boat ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - C. Loftus ITA
My bed is like a little boat (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
C. Loftus: My bed is like a little boat
M. Williamson, H. Brook, T. Riego, W. Gilchrist, G. Peel, M. Radnor, P. Turnbull, A. Giacometti: My bed is a boat

My kingdom (Down by a shining water well ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Masseus, T. Crawford, R. Goldman, O. Morawetz
My shadow (I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Andrews, N. Blaney, W. Bradley, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, H. Hadley, L. Lehmann, F. Leoni, O. Morawetz, M. Radnor, H. Samuels, T. Shepard, C. Stanford, W. Stephens, J. Wardale, J. Whitfield
My ship and I (O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Hahn, G. Cohen, M. Andrews, J. Clements, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, C. Grosvenor, D. Mason, M. O'Donoghue, G. Peel, M. Radnor, T. Shepard, J. Keel FRE
My ship and me (O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - C. Stanford FRE
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
R. Quilter, M. Williamson, E. Crowningshield, H. Edwards, S. Lekberg, D. Mason, A. Rowley, T. Shepard, E. Smith, R. Stevenson, J. Whitfield: The lamplighter

My treasures (These nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Crowningshield
My wife (Trusty, dusky, vivid, true) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) GER
Night and Day (When the golden day is done) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Radnor
O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship (from A Child's Garden of Verses) FRE
C. Stanford: My ship and me
R. Hahn, G. Cohen, M. Andrews, J. Clements, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, C. Grosvenor, D. Mason, M. O'Donoghue, G. Peel, M. Radnor, T. Shepard, J. Keel: My ship and I
L. Lehmann: The captain

O mein Hochland (O mein Hochland) - B. Shapleigh [x]
O mein Hochland [x]
B. Shapleigh: O mein Hochland

O mother, lay your hand on my brow! (from Underwoods)
S. Homer: The sick child

Of speckled eggs the birdie sings (Of speckled eggs the birdie sings ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock, E. Nevin, A. Rowley
Of speckled eggs the birdie sings (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Groocock, E. Nevin, A. Rowley: Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
J. Masseus, S. Homer, A. Bentley, G. Chadwick, E. Crowningshield, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Hawley, M. Radnor: Singing

Old songs (Brave lads in olden musical centuries ) - P. Wishart
Once only (Once only by the garden gate ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
Once only by the garden gate (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
S. Coleridge-Taylor: Once only

Over the borders, a sin without pardon (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
L. Lehmann, E. Crowningshield, O. Morawetz: Keepsake Mill

Over the land is April (Over the land is April ) - R. Quilter, E. Charles
Over the land is April
R. Quilter, E. Charles: Over the land is April

Over the Sea to Skye (Sing me a song of a lad that is gone ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Stevenson
Phantom horseman (Windy nights) (Whenever the moon and the stars are set ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Foulds FRE
Picture-books in Winter (Summer fading, winter comes ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - I. Higginson, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, D. Mason
Pirate song (Fifteen men on a dead man's chest ) (from Treasure Island) - H. Gilbert HUN
Pirate story (Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - S. Homer, E. Falk, G. Peel, C. Stanford
Plain as the glistering planets shine (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
Prelude (By sunny market-place and street) - J. Westrup
Rain (The rain is raining all around ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Masseus, M. Williamson, G. Conant, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Floyd, G. Gartlan, K. Gehrkens, M. Radnor, L. Zaninelli, A. Giacometti ITA
Raining (The rain is raining all around ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - F. Rossman ITA
Requiem (Under the wide and starry sky ) (from Underwoods) - N. Rorem, E. Whyte, C. Ives, S. Homer, G. Bantock, K. Billingham, K. Bissell, L. Collingwood, W. Davies, P. Edmonds, A. Foote, S. Fraser, E. Grinnell, C. Lander, C. Loftus, T. More, P. Naylor, C. Osmond, G. Peel, K. Rathaus, J. Rogers, C. Scott, W. Shanks, O. Speaks, R. Stevenson, E. Thompson, R. Woodman, B. Moore, B. Fairchild ITA GER
Romance (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - E. Diemer, D. Ford, P. Warlock, J. Jeffreys ITA GER
Shadow march (All around the house is the jet-black night) (from A Child's Garden of Verses - Northwest Passage) - M. Andrews, T. Riego, N. Gilbert, G. Rathbone, A. Rowley, R. Stevenson, M. Thomas, J. Whitfield, L. Zaninelli
She rested by the Broken Brook (She rested by the Broken Brook ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - N. Peros, S. Coleridge-Taylor, E. Schenck
She rested by the Broken Brook (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
N. Peros, S. Coleridge-Taylor, E. Schenck: She rested by the Broken Brook

Sing a song of seasons, something bright in all (In the other gardens ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - T. Dorr
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone (Sing me a song of a lad that is gone ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - S. Homer, C. Burnham
Sing me a song of a lad that is gone (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
R. Stevenson: Over the Sea to Skye
G. Peel: Over the sea to Skye
S. Homer, C. Burnham: Sing me a song of a lad that is gone

Singing (Of speckled eggs the birdie sings ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Masseus, S. Homer, A. Bentley, G. Chadwick, E. Crowningshield, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Hawley, M. Radnor
Sleepsin-by (I woke before the morning ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - T. Riego FRE
Smooth it slides upon its travel (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Carpenter, I. Gurney: Looking-Glass River

Snow and roses (To you, let snow and roses ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - G. Peel
Song (To you, let snow and roses ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - D. Byars
Song and singer (Bright is the ring of words ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - I. Gurney HUN ITA
Song of Bed-time (In winter I get up at night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Foerster ITA
Song of the seasons (In the other gardens ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Rossiter
Song of the train (Faster than fairies, faster than witches ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Bentley
Stars (The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann FRE
Summer fading, winter comes (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
I. Higginson, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, D. Mason: Picture-books in Winter

Summer sun (Great is the sun, and wide he goes) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Conant, M. Radnor
Swallows (Swallows travel to and fro) - R. Nixon
Swallows travel to and fro
R. Nixon: Swallows

Swing song (How do you like to go up in a swing ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Andrews, F. Moore FRE
System (Every night my prayers I say ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - N. Curtis, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor
The Fine Pacific Island (The jolly English Yellowboy )
J. Whitfield: The jolly English Yellowboy

The broad sun
C. Carey: The Far-Farers

The captain (O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann FRE
The children sing in far Japan (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Groocock, E. Nevin, A. Rowley: Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
J. Masseus, S. Homer, A. Bentley, G. Chadwick, E. Crowningshield, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Hawley, M. Radnor: Singing

The coach is at the door at last (The coach is at the door at last) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock
The coach is at the door at last (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Groocock: The coach is at the door at last
G. Chadwick, T. Crawford, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, T. Shepard, M. Thomas, P. Williams: Farewell to the farm

The cock shall crow (The cock shall crow in the morning grey ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - J. Carpenter
The cock shall crow in the morning grey (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
J. Koch: Ditty
J. Carpenter: The cock shall crow

The Country of the Camisards (We travelled in the print of olden wars ) (from Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes) - S. Homer
The country song of the Camisards (We travelled in the print of olden wars ) (from Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes) - I. Gurney
The cow (The friendly cow all red and white ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - H. Brook, H. Coleman, G. Conant, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, F. Hart, M. Jacobson, G. Peel, M. Radnor, G. Shaw, P. Wishart
The embers of the day are red (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
S. Homer: Evensong

The exile's song - N. Gee [x]
The Far-Farers (The broad sun) - C. Carey
The flowers (All the names I know from nurse ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, M. Radnor
The friendly cow (The friendly cow all red and white ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Foerster, E. Birge, A. Rowley
The cow (The friendly cow all red and white ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
H. Brook, H. Coleman, G. Conant, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, F. Hart, M. Jacobson, G. Peel, M. Radnor, G. Shaw, P. Wishart: The cow
A. Foerster, E. Birge, A. Rowley: The friendly cow

The friendly cow all red and white (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
H. Brook, H. Coleman, G. Conant, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, F. Hart, M. Jacobson, G. Peel, M. Radnor, G. Shaw, P. Wishart: The cow
A. Foerster, E. Birge, A. Rowley: The friendly cow

The hayloft (Through all the pleasant meadow-side) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Milford, D. Moule-Evans, H. Rhodes
The huntsmen - V. Weigl [x]
The infinite shining heavens (The infinite shining heavens ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams, S. Colburn ITA
The infinite shining heavens (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
R. Vaughan Williams, S. Colburn: The infinite shining heavens

The jolly English Yellowboy (The jolly English Yellowboy ) - J. Whitfield
The jolly English Yellowboy
J. Whitfield: The jolly English Yellowboy

The lamplighter (My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Quilter, M. Williamson, E. Crowningshield, H. Edwards, S. Lekberg, D. Mason, A. Rowley, T. Shepard, E. Smith, R. Stevenson, J. Whitfield ITA
The lamps now glitter down the street (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
K. Richards: Armies in the fire

The Land of Counterpane (When I was sick and lay a-bed) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Chadwick, E. Crowningshield, R. Jager, W. Miessner, M. Radnor, T. Shepard
The Land of Nod (From breakfast on through all the day ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, W. Gilchrist, H. Norris, M. Radnor, L. Zaninelli
The Land of Story-Books (At evening when the lamp is lit ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - H. Bartlett
The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out (from A Child's Garden of Verses) FRE
R. Hahn: The stars
L. Lehmann: Stars
O. Morawetz, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, C. Field: Escape at bedtime
R. Jager: Going to sleep

The moon (The moon has a face like the clock in the hall ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann, A. Balendonck, M. Covert, E. Falk, M. Helyer, M. Radnor, A. Shields, P. Wilkinson, P. Williams
The moon has a face (The moon has a face like the clock in the hall ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Hovhaness
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
L. Lehmann, A. Balendonck, M. Covert, E. Falk, M. Helyer, M. Radnor, A. Shields, P. Wilkinson, P. Williams: The moon
A. Hovhaness: The moon has a face

The night rider (Whenever the moon and the stars are set ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - H. Andrews FRE
The piper (Again I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well) - F. White
The Rain Is Failing (The rain is falling all around ) - G. Bachlund ITA
The rain is falling all around ITA
G. Bachlund: The Rain Is Failing

The rain is raining all around (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
F. Rossman: Raining
J. Masseus, M. Williamson, G. Conant, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, C. Floyd, G. Gartlan, K. Gehrkens, M. Radnor, L. Zaninelli, A. Giacometti: Rain

The rivals - G. Oldroyd [x]
The river - H. Bright [x]
The roadside fire (I will make you brooches and toys for your delight ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - E. Farrar, R. Vaughan Williams, A. Pritchard, C. Sharman, C. Vale ITA GER
The sea - D. Byars [x]
The shadow (I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Smith
The sick child (O mother, lay your hand on my brow! ) (from Underwoods) - S. Homer
The stars (The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Hahn FRE
The stormy evening (The stormy evening closes now in vain) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - S. Homer ITA
The stormy evening closes now in vain (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
S. Homer: The stormy evening

The sun is not a-bed, when I (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
A. Foote, H. Rhodes, A. Shields: The sun's travels

The sun's travels (The sun is not a-bed, when I) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - A. Foote, H. Rhodes, A. Shields
The swing (How do you like to go up in a swing ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - O. Morawetz, A. Foerster, L. Lehmann, R. Hahn, J. Chorbajian, T. Crawford, N. Curtis, R. De Koven, E. Falk, C. Grosvenor, H. Hadley, M. Helyer, P. Judd, D. Mason, D. Moule-Evans, M. Radnor, A. Rowley, B. Scott, G. Shaw, E. Smith, M. Thomas, J. Whitfield, P. Williams, W. Wood, L. Zaninelli, B. Hardin FRE
The unforgotten (You too, my mother, read my rhymes ) (from Underwoods) - S. Homer ITA
The unseen playmate (When children are playing alone on the green ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - E. Crowningshield
The vagabond (Give to me the life I love ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams, D. Byars, N. Cain, W. Davies, J. Pease, G. Smith, O. Speaks, W. Thayer, J. Wells, F. Young, G. Peel ITA
The wind (I saw you toss the kites on high) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - F. Bullard, H. Clark, M. Covert, T. Crawford, N. Curtis, R. De Koven, K. Fowler, W. Gilchrist, C. Grosvenor, V. Herbert, R. Jager, R. Nixon, M. Radnor
The world is so full of a number of things (The world is so full of a number of things ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Zaninelli ITA
The world is so full of a number of things (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
R. Jager: A happy thought
L. Zaninelli: The world is so full of a number of things
M. Williamson, H. Bright, J. Clark, E. Falk, M. Radnor, A. Giacometti: Happy thought

These nuts, that I keep in the back of the nest (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Crowningshield: My treasures

This love of ours (All things on earth and sea ) (from Three Short Poems) - F. Moore
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing (Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Groocock
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
J. Groocock: Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing
S. Homer, E. Falk, G. Peel, C. Stanford: Pirate story

Through all the pleasant meadow-side (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
R. Milford, D. Moule-Evans, H. Rhodes: The hayloft

Time to rise (A birdie with a yellow bill ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, E. Crowningshield, N. Curtis, T. Riego, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, F. Gambogi, M. Radnor, A. Rowley ITA
To my mother (You too, my mother, read my rhymes ) (from Underwoods) ITA
S. Homer: The unforgotten

To S. R. Crockett (On receiving a Dedication) (Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
J. Brown: Blows the wind
A. Voormolen: Grey recumbent tombs
C. Carey, H. Hopekirk, D. Simpson: Blows the wind to-day

To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
R. Vaughan Williams: Youth and love

To the memory of a great singer (Bright is the ring of words ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - P. Warlock HUN ITA
To you, let snow and roses (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
G. Peel: Snow and roses
D. Byars: Song

Travel (I should like to rise and go) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - D. Protheroe
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true (from Songs of Travel and other verses) GER
Under the wide and starry sky (Under the wide and starry sky ) (from Underwoods) - M. Kalmanoff, R. Kountz ITA GER
Under the wide and starry sky (from Underwoods) ITA GER
H. Craxton: A requiem
N. Rorem, E. Whyte, C. Ives, S. Homer, G. Bantock, K. Billingham, K. Bissell, L. Collingwood, W. Davies, P. Edmonds, A. Foote, S. Fraser, E. Grinnell, C. Lander, C. Loftus, T. More, P. Naylor, C. Osmond, G. Peel, K. Rathaus, J. Rogers, C. Scott, W. Shanks, O. Speaks, R. Stevenson, E. Thompson, R. Woodman, B. Moore, B. Fairchild: Requiem
M. Kalmanoff, R. Kountz: Under the wide and starry sky

Up into the cherry tree (Up into the cherry tree) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - L. Lehmann
Up into the cherry tree (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
L. Lehmann: Up into the cherry tree
E. Falk, M. Radnor, M. Salter, T. Shepard, C. Stanford: Foreign lands

Voluntary (Here in the quiet eve)
M. Carew: In the quiet eve

We travelled in the print of olden wars (from Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes)
I. Gurney: The country song of the Camisards
S. Homer: The Country of the Camisards

We uncommiserate pass into the night (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
B. Jarrett: A song of travel

What are you able to build with your blocks? (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Crowningshield, S. Lekberg, M. Radnor: Block City

When children are playing alone on the green (When children are playing alone on the green ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Hundley
When children are playing alone on the green (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Crowningshield: The unseen playmate
R. Hundley: When children are playing alone on the green

When I am grown to man's estate (from A Child's Garden of Verses) ITA
M. Williamson, E. Falk, A. Giacometti: Looking forward

When I was down beside the sea (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
E. Falk, F. Gambogi, K. Gehrkens, W. Miessner: At the sea-side
N. Curtis: At the seashore

When I was sick and lay a-bed (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
G. Chadwick, E. Crowningshield, R. Jager, W. Miessner, M. Radnor, T. Shepard: The Land of Counterpane

When the golden day is done (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
M. Radnor: Night and Day

Whenever Auntie moves around (from A Child's Garden of Verses)
V. Drozdoff, E. Falk: Auntie's skirt

Whenever the moon and the stars are set (from A Child's Garden of Verses) FRE
J. Masseus, C. Stanford, R. Hahn, M. Andrews, A. Balendonck, M. Bodde, H. Bright, H. Brook, E. Crowningshield, T. Riego, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, F. Gambogi, N. Gilbert, G. Grant-Schaefer, C. Hand, D. Holman, D. Mason, M. Radnor, H. Rhodes, J. Rutter, B. Scott, E. Smith: Windy nights
J. Foulds: Phantom horseman (Windy nights)
H. Andrews: The night rider

Where go the boats (Dark brown is the river ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - G. Cohen ITA
Where go the boats? (Dark brown is the river ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - R. Quilter, J. Masseus, E. Thiman, M. Williamson, A. Foerster, M. Andrews, E. Bacon, M. Barnes, T. Crawford, T. Riego, E. Falk, C. Floyd, H. Hadley, M. Helyer, U. Kay, R. Macdonald, S. Muschamp, G. Peel, M. Radnor, B. Scott, E. Smith, C. Stanford, E. Thiman, M. Thomas, V. Weigl, P. Williams, L. Zaninelli ITA
Whither must I wander? (Home no more home to me, whither must I wander ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams ITA GER
Whole duty of children (A child should always say what's true ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - M. Williamson, H. Bright, E. Falk ITA
Windy nights (Whenever the moon and the stars are set ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - J. Masseus, C. Stanford, R. Hahn, M. Andrews, A. Balendonck, M. Bodde, H. Bright, H. Brook, E. Crowningshield, T. Riego, V. Drozdoff, E. Falk, F. Gambogi, N. Gilbert, G. Grant-Schaefer, C. Hand, D. Holman, D. Mason, M. Radnor, H. Rhodes, J. Rutter, B. Scott, E. Smith FRE
Wishes (Go, little book, and wish to all) (from Underwoods) - V. Rieti ITA
You too, my mother, read my rhymes (from Underwoods) ITA
S. Homer: The unforgotten

Young night thought (All night long and every night ) (from A Child's Garden of Verses) - S. Homer, A. Foote, E. Crowningshield, E. Falk, H. Hadley, G. Peel, M. Radnor
Youth and love (To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) - R. Vaughan Williams ITA
Youth and Love - G. Peel [x]
Youth and Love I (Once only by the garden gate ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses)
S. Coleridge-Taylor: Once only

Youth and Love II (To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside ) (from Songs of Travel and other verses) ITA
R. Vaughan Williams: Youth and love

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