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==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''Description:''' "Dulce et Decorum Est" is the sixth of a collection of seven songs based on the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition. This song may best suit a tenor voice.
'''Description:''' "Dulce et Decorum Est" is the sixth of a collection of seven songs based on the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition. This song may best suit a tenor voice.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{Text|English|
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,  
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,  
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs  
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.  
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots  
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;  
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots  
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstipped Five-Nines that dropped behind.  
Of tired, outstipped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
 
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! — An ecstasy of fumbling,  
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! — An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;  
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,  
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime…  
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime…
Dim, through the misty panes and thin green light,  
Dim, through the misty panes and thin green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.  
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
 
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,  
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.  
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
 
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace  
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,  
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,  
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;  
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood  
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,  
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud  
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -  
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest  
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,  
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est  
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.}}
Pro patria mori.}}


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General Information

Title: Dulce et Decorum Est
Composer: James Crawford
Lyricist: Wilfred Owen

Number of voices: 1v   Voicings: S or T

Genre: SecularArt song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2020

Description: "Dulce et Decorum Est" is the sixth of a collection of seven songs based on the poems of Wilfred Owen. It may serve as part of a Remembrance Day event, or a recital or competition. This song may best suit a tenor voice.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstipped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! — An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime…
Dim, through the misty panes and thin green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, -
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.