Who has seen the wind? | Who has seen the wind?

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Who has seen the wind?

Language: English

Who has seen the wind? 
  Neither I nor you;
But when the leaves hang trembling,
  The wind is passing through. 

Who has seen the wind? 
  Neither you nor I;
But when the trees bow down their heads,
  The wind is passing by.

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Text Authorship:

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Who has seen the wind?", appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Marshall H. Barnes (b. 1921), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1970, from Three songs to children [sung text not yet checked]
by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1930 [ chorus a cappella ], a study song for school choir [sung text not yet checked]
by Alys Eliza Bentley , "Who has seen the wind?", published 1907 [sung text not yet checked]
by Allan Blank (b. 1925), "The Wind", published 1969 [sung text not yet checked]
by John Frederick Bridge (1844 - 1924), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1916, from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Newel Kay Brown (b. 1932), "Who has seen the wind?", 1969, from A Set of Three [sung text not yet checked]
by Helen Call , "Who has seen the wind?", published 1923, from Songs of Childhood [sung text not yet checked]
by Grace Wilbur Conant (1858 - 1948), "The Wind", published 1905, in the collection Songs for Little People [sung text not yet checked]
by Grace Reese Everson , "The Wind", published 1922, in the collection Come Sing with Me [sung text not yet checked]
by Carlisle Floyd (b. 1926), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1967 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lita Grier , "Who has seen the wind?", 1999, from 5 Songs For Children, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "Who has seen the wind" [ soprano and piano ], from Christina's World -- 5 Songs for Soprano and Piano on Poems by Christina Rossetti, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leslie H. Heward (1897 - 1943), "Wind in the Trees", published 1928 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Who has seen the wind?", op. 19 (Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song"), Heft 2 no. 1, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
by Udo Kasemets (1919 - 2014), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1964, from Five songs for children [sung text not yet checked]
by Gerald Kechley (b. 1919), "Who has seen the wind?", 1972, from Three Rossetti Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Kunz (b. 1929), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1975 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robin Humphrey Milford (1903 - 1959), "Who has seen the wind?", published 1930, from Rain, Wind, and Sunshine [sung text not yet checked]
by John Russell , "Who has seen the wind?", published 1968 [ sab chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879 - 1943), "Fairlight", published 1929, from Songs of Praise [sung text not yet checked]
by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "Who has seen the wind?", from Songs for a child [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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