by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944)
I am the mountainy singer
Language: English
I am the mountainy singer, And I would sing of the Christ Who followed the paths thro' the mountains To eat at the people's tryst. He loved the sun-dark people As the young man loves his bride, And he moved among their thatches, And for them he was crucified. And the people loved him, also, More than their houses or lands, For they had known his pity And felt the touch of his hands. And they dreamed with him in the mountains And they walked with him on the sea, And they prayed with him in the garden, And bled with him on the tree. Not ever by longing and dreaming May they come to him now, But by the thorns of sorrow That bruised his kingly brow.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), "I am the mountainy singer", appears in The Gilly of Christ, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "I am the mountainy singer", op. 49 no. 12 (1922) [ voice and piano ], from Thirteen Songs: The Gilly of Christ, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 128