by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
I am gone, sir
Language: English
I am gone, sir, And anon, sir, I'll be with you again, in a trice, Like to the old vice, Your need to sustain. Who with dagger of lath In his rage and his wrath, Cries, aha, to the devil, aha, ha, ha! Like a mad lad, Pare thy nails, dad. Adieu, good man devil.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act IV, scene 2 [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 Joseph W. Baber (b. 1937), "I am gone, sir ", op. 9 no. ? (1953-6), published 1971, first performed 1970 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Shakespearean Madrigals, Set 1, Cincinnati : Canyon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "I am gone, sir" [ voice and guitar ], from Four Songs from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Adieu, Good Man Devil", op. 29 no. 3, published 1937 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the Clown, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55