by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
I shall go without companions
Language: English
I shall go without companions, And with nothing in my hand; I shall pass through many places That I cannot understand - Until I come to my own country, Which is a pleasant land! The trees that grow in my own country Are the beech tree and the yew; Many stand together And some stand few. In the month of May in my own country All the woods are new. When I get to my own country I shall lie down and sleep; I shall watch in the valleys The long flocks of sheep. And then I shall dream, for ever and all, A good dream and deep.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), no title, appears in The Four Men, first published 1911 [author's text not yet checked 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 David Moule-Evans (b. 1905), "My Own Country", published c1951 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 46, published 1950 [ tenor or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 106 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 184 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 268 (1950) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 460 (1956) [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "I Shall Go Without Companions", op. 556 (1959) [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Own Country", op. 566 (1960) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "My Own Country", 1927, published 1927 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Belloc Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 107