by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
Oh! that we two were Maying
Language: English
Oh! that we two were Maying, Down the stream of the soft spring breeze; Like children with violets playing In the shade of the whisp'ring trees. Oh! that we two sat dreaming On the sward of the sheep-trimm'd down, Watching the white mist streaming O'er river, and mead, and town. Oh! that we two lay sleeping, In our nest in the churchyard sod, With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth's breast, And our souls at home with God.
A. Smith sets stanza 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "Song", appears in The Saint's Tragedy, Act II, scene 9, sung by Elizabeth [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Oh ! That we two were maying", 1871 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Duff & Stewart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Oh that we two were Maying", op. 2 no. 8, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Sketchbook : a Group of Songs and Piano Pieces, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alice Mary Smith (1839 - 1884), "O That We Two Were Maying", stanza 1 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 80