SG1016
Hungry waters
words by Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978)
set to music by Frances Cockburn
for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus
SATBperformance time approx 0m 30s
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Hungry waters
This is a stark and wonderfully vivid poem about the destructive power of the sea. It should be sung dramatically, the words forcefully spattered out, the whole song over almost in a flash.
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Words
Hungry waters
The auld men o' the sea
Wi' their daberlack hair
Ha'e dackered the coasts
O' the country fell sair.
They gobble owre cas'les,
Chow mountains to san',
Or lang they'll eat up
The haill o' the lan'.
Lickin' their white lips
An' yowlin' for mair,
The auld men o' the sea
Wi' their daberlack hair.
Hugh MacDiarmid
Thanks to Carcanet Press Limited for permission to use this poem.
English transcription
The old men of the sea
with their lank tangled hair
have wandered the coasts
of the country full sore
They gobble up castles,
chew mountains to sand,
before long they'll eat up
the whole of the land.
Licking their white lips
and crying out for more,
the old men of the sea
with their lank tangled hair.
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