Name: When Sleep Would Settle on Me
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Channel: Padraic Colum / Eric M. Pazdziora
Description: "When Sleep Would Settle on Me" is a song by Eric Pazdziora. From the cycle 'Wandering Songs: Four Irish Poems by Padraic Colum'. Performed by Heather Cummins, Amy Lemon, Steven Danan, and Katie Roy.

When Sleep Would Settle on Me

Eric Pazdziora

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From the cycle 'Wandering Songs: Four Irish Poems by Padraic Colum'. Performed by Heather Cummins, Amy Lemon, Steven Danan, and Katie Roy.

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Eric Pazdziora

A Christian composer, pianist, and songwriter with Celtic, Classical, and Contemporary influenced hymns, worship songs, and art music

Eric Pazdziora is a freelance composer, pianist, and worship leader specializing in a wide variety of musical styles. His compositions range from full orchestral works to simple congregational worship songs and hymns. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, with a Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music Composition.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Contemporary

Charts

Peak #459

Peak in subgenre #106

Author

Padraic Colum / Eric M. Pazdziora

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Uploaded

March 25, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 1.3 MB • 128 kbps • 1:24

Lyrics

When sleep would settle on me
Like the wild bird down on the nest,
The wind comes out of the West:
It tears at the door, maybe,
And frightens away my rest—
When sleep would come upon me
Like the wild bird down on the nest.

The cock is aloft with his crest:
The barn-owl comes from her quest;
She fixes an eye upon me
And frightens away my rest,
When sleep would settle on me
Like the wild bird down on its nest.

--Padraic Colum, 1916

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