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Author: James Thomson (1834-1882)

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Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne
The poetical works

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A song of thanksgiving (My love is the flaming Sword ) (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne) - F. Allitsen
A song of thanksgiving (Let my voice ring out and over the earth) (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne) - F. Allitsen
As we rush, as we rush in the train
J. Anderson: In the train

For many thousand ages (from The poetical works) RUS FRE
J. Becker: For many thousand ages

Gifts (Give a man a horse he can ride ) - J. Anderson, J. Berger
Give a man a horse he can ride (Give a man a horse he can ride ) - M. Head, F. Allitsen
Give a man a horse he can ride
J. Anderson, J. Berger: Gifts
M. Head, F. Allitsen: Give a man a horse he can ride

I gazed upon her picture (from The poetical works) NOR DUT RUS ITA FRE FIN SPA KOR
J. Becker: I gazed upon her picture

In the Rhine, in the beautiful River CAT DUT ITA FRE HEB FIN SPA
J. Becker: In the Rhine, in the beautiful River

In the train (As we rush, as we rush in the train ) - J. Anderson
Let my voice ring out and over the earth (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne)
F. Allitsen: A song of thanksgiving

Like violets pale (Like violets pale i' the Spring o' the year ) (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne) - F. Allitsen
Like violets pale i' the Spring o' the year (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne)
F. Allitsen: Like violets pale

My darling, we sat together ITA FRE FIN FRE
J. Becker: My darling, we sat together

My love is the flaming Sword (from Sunday Up the River: An Idyll of Cockaigne)
F. Allitsen: A song of thanksgiving

Over the bridge - F. Allitsen [x]
Say, where is the maiden sweet DAN FRE
J. Becker: Say! where is the maiden sweet

Say! where is the maiden sweet (Say, where is the maiden sweet) - J. Becker DAN FRE
Song - J. Berger [x]
The earth is so fair and the heaven so blue (from The poetical works) CZE FRE SWE
The earth is so fair and the heavens so blue (from The poetical works) CZE FRE SWE
J. Becker: The earth is so fair and the heavens so blue

The lotus flower doth languish CAT RUS BAQ POR ITA FRE RUS SWE SPA
J. Becker: The lotus flower doth languish

The moon is fully risen (The moon is fully risen ) - J. Guthrie FRE FRE
The moon is fully risen FRE FRE
J. Guthrie: The moon is fully risen

The pine-tree standeth lonely (from The poetical works) NOR RUS ITA FRE UKR
J. Becker: The pine-tree standeth lonely

The vine (The vine of Love is music ) - J. Anderson, J. Berger
The vine of Love is music
J. Anderson, J. Berger: The vine

The violets blue (The violets blue of the eyes divine ) (from The poetical works) - F. Bridge FRE
The violets blue of the eyes divine (from The poetical works) FRE
F. Bridge: The violets blue
J. Becker: The violets blue of the eyes divine

The world is dull, the world is blind (from The poetical works) FRE UKR
Travelling by night - J. Amerongen [x]
Yes, thou art wretched, and I blame thee not (from The poetical works) FRE