The Vagabond - Vaughan Williams, Ralph

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""The Vagabond" is Number 1 in a set of 9 songs in the set of nine songs called "Songs of Travel"."

⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → Art songs ♬ Voicing → Solo Baritone ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Piano

Pages 7

CPDL # 17120

Posted 2008-06-08

License Public Domain

¶Lyrics / Text

:Give to me the life I love, :Let the lave go by me, :Give the jolly heaven above, :And the byway nigh me. :Bed in the bush with stars to see, :Bread I dip in the river - :There’s the life for a man like me, :There’s the life for ever. :Let the blow fall soon or late, :Let what will be o’er me; :Give the face of earth around, :And the road before me. :Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, :Nor a friend to know me; :All I seek, the heaven above, :And the road below me. :Or let autumn fall on me :Where afield I linger, :Silencing the bird on tree, :Biting the blue finger. :White as meal the frosty field - :Warm the fireside haven - :Not to autumn will I yield, :Not to winter even! :Let the blow fall soon or late, :Let what will be o’er me; :Give the face of earth around, :And the road before me. :Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, :Nor a friend to know me; :All I ask, the heaven above, :And the road below me. '''''Lyrics: Robert Louis Stevenson - (1850-1894) - from "Songs of Travel".'''''