Lyric Companion
Composer

Jake Heggie

77 works in the catalog — read each text with IPA transcriptions and translations.

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Prologue: Ships that pass in the night

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Africa

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When Johnny comes marching home

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Letter to President Lincoln from Annie Davis

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A great Hope fell

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Glory

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America

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All that I do

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It sounded as if the Streets were running

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The thin edge

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"Why do I love" You, Sir?

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What if I say I shall not wait!

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If you were coming in the fall

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Wanda Landowska

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Pierre Bernac

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Raymonde Linossier

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Paul Éluard

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Here, where the Daisies fit my Head

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In lands I never saw

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It makes no difference abroad

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The farms of home

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In praise of songs that die

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The factory window song

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Creation

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Animal passion

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Alas! Alack!

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Indian Summer - Blue

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Joy Alone (Connection)

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Silence

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Fame

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That I did always love

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Goodnight

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The Road to Bethlehem

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Patterns

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She sweeps with many-colored Brooms

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Not in a silver casket cool with pearls

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Spring

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Empty Chair

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Enchantment

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Anger

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Dream

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Bird Soul

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Lost

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Rage

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Coda: Song

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Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana

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Euclid

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The Haughty Snail-king

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What the Rattlesnake Said

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The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky (What the little girl said)

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What the Scarecrow Said

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What the Gray-winged Fairy Said

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Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be (What Grandpa told the children)

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Prelude: The Call - More is required

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I catch on fire

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The deepest desire

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Primary colors

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The Strength of the Lonely (What the Mendicant Said)

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What the Miner in the Desert Said

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The Old Horse in the City

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What the Forester said

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What the Snowman said

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The starry night

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Go thy great way!

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I would not paint a picture

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These Strangers, in a foreign World

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In the midst of thousands

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I did not speak out

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To a Stranger

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Portrait intérieure

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La Porteuse de fleurs

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Epilogue: C'est pour t'avoir vue

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Prologue: Winter Roses

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The Robin

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Sleeping

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To my Dad

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Sweet Light

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Prologue: Ships that pass in the night

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Africa

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When Johnny comes marching home

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Letter to President Lincoln from Annie Davis

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A great Hope fell

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Glory

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America

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All that I do

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