In the Morning

In the Morning is the fifth song from Jake Heggie's song cycle Here and Gone. The original text was written by A.E. Housman, a British author and poet.

Date: 2005Composer: Jake HeggieText: A. E. HousmanSong Collection: Here and Gone

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Text

“In the morning, in the morning”

By A.E. Housman

 

In the morning, in the morning,

In the happy field of hay,

Oh they looked at one another

By the light of day.

 

In the blue and silver morning

On the haycock as they lay,

Oh they looked at one another

And they looked away.

Recordings

Passing By

(Raymond Carver, Jake Heggie, A. E. Housman, Vachel Lindsay and Edna St. Vincent Millay)

2010

Sheet Music

Here and Gone

Composer(s): Heggie, Jake

Song(s): The Farms of Home, In Praise of Songs that Die, Stars, The Factory Window Song, In the Morning, Because I Liked You Better, The Half-Moon Westers Low

Voice Type: Tenor and Baritone

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