Bright is the ring of words (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-06-08). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 164 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.
General Information
Title: Bright is the Ring of Words
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Baritone Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1905
Description: "Bright is the Ring of Words" is Number 8 in the set of nine songs called "Songs of Travel".
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Original text and translations
English text
- Bright is the ring of words
- When the right man rings them,
- Fair the fall of songs
- When the singer sings them,
- Still they are carolled and said–
- On wings they are carried–
- After the singer is dead
- And the maker buried.
- Low as the singer lies
- In the field of heather,
- Songs of his fashion bring
- The swains together.
- And when the west is red
- With the sunset embers,
- The lover lingers and sings
- And the maid remembers.