Translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939)
Song of the Spanish Gypsies
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
Today, she passed me lying dead. And when I saw how fair she was, A cov'ring o'er her face I spread.
Text Authorship:
- by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939), appears in Spanish and Italian Folksongs, first published 1887 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , a soleá [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Song of the Spanish Gypsies", op. 50 (Four songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-20
Line count: 3
Word count: 21