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==Music files==
==Music files==
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{{Editor|James Crawford|2020-01-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|111}}{{Copy|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives}}
{{Editor|James Crawford|2020-01-02}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|111}}{{Copy|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives}}
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Asleep''<br>
{{Title|''Asleep''}}
{{Composer|James Crawford}}
{{Composer|James Crawford}}
{{Lyricist|Wilfred Owen}}
{{Lyricist|Wilfred Owen}}
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{{Instruments|Piano}}
{{Instruments|Piano}}
{{Pub|1|2020}}
{{Pub|1|2020}}
 
{{Descr|Asleep is the fifth of a collection of seven songs based upon the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition.}}
'''Description:''' Asleep is the fifth of a collection of seven songs based upon the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition.
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{Text|English|
Under his helmet  
Under his helmet, up against his pack,
Up against his pack  
After so many days of work and waking,
after so many days of work and waking  
Sleep took him by the brow and laid him back.
sleep took him by the brow and laid him back  
 
There, in the happy no time of his sleeping,
Death took him by the heart. There heaved a quaking
Of the aborted life within him leaping,
Then chest and sleepy arms once more fell slack.


There in the happy no time of his sleeping
And soon the slow, stray blood came creeping from
death took him by the heart there heaved a quaking
the intruding lead,like ants on track.
of the aborted life within him leaping,  
then chest and sleepy arms once more fell slack.  


and soon the blood came creeping from the intruding lead
Whether his deeper sleep lie shaded by the shaking
like ants on track.
Of great wings, and the thoughts that hung the stars,
Whether his deeper sleep lie shaded by the shaking of great wings  
High-pillowed on calm pillows of God's making,
and the thoughts that hung the stars.
Above these clouds, these rains, these sleets of lead,
High pillowed on calm pillows of God's making  
And these winds' scimitars,
above these clouds these rains these sleets of lead  
- Or whether yet his thin and sodden head
and these wind's scimitars  
Confuses more and more with the low mould,
or whether yet his thin and sodden head confuses more and more with low mould  
His hair being one with the grey grass
his hair being one with the grey grass of finished fields and wire scrags rusty old  
Of finished fields, and wire-scrags rusty-old,
who knows? who hopes? who troubles?  
Who knows? Who hopes? Who troubles? Let it pass!
let it pass he sleeps.  
He sleeps. He sleeps less tremulous, less cold,
He sleeps less tremulous less cold than we who wake and waking say Alas!}}
Than we who wake, and waking say Alas!}}


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  • (Posted 2020-01-02)  CPDL #56501:       
Editor: James Crawford (submitted 2020-01-02).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 111 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND
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General Information

Title: Asleep
Composer: James Crawford
Lyricist: Wilfred Owen

Number of voices: 1v   Voicings: S or T

Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2020
Description: Asleep is the fifth of a collection of seven songs based upon the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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Under his helmet, up against his pack,
After so many days of work and waking,
Sleep took him by the brow and laid him back.

There, in the happy no time of his sleeping,
Death took him by the heart. There heaved a quaking
Of the aborted life within him leaping,
Then chest and sleepy arms once more fell slack.

And soon the slow, stray blood came creeping from
the intruding lead,like ants on track.

Whether his deeper sleep lie shaded by the shaking
Of great wings, and the thoughts that hung the stars,
High-pillowed on calm pillows of God's making,
Above these clouds, these rains, these sleets of lead,
And these winds' scimitars,
- Or whether yet his thin and sodden head
Confuses more and more with the low mould,
His hair being one with the grey grass
Of finished fields, and wire-scrags rusty-old,
Who knows? Who hopes? Who troubles? Let it pass!
He sleeps. He sleeps less tremulous, less cold,
Than we who wake, and waking say Alas!

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