"Whither Must I Wander" is a song composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

whose lyrics consist of a poem by

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

. The Stevenson poem, entitled ''Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?'',Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?
/ref> forms part of the collection of poems and songs called ''

Songs of Travel and Other Verses ''Songs of Travel and Other Verses'' is an 1896 book of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, it explores the author's perennial themes of travel and adventure. The work gained a new public and popularity wh ...

''Songs of Travel and Other Verses - Content
/ref> published in 1895,
/ref> and is originally intended to be sung to the tune of " Wandering Willie" by Robert Burns.Wandering Willie
/ref> Between 1901 and 1904 Vaughan Williams set nine of Stevenson's poems to music in his song cycle ''

Songs of Travel ''Songs of Travel'' is a song cycle of nine songs originally written for baritone voice composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with poems drawn from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection '' Songs of Travel and Other Verses''. A complete performance ...

'', in which ''Whither Must I Wander'', arranged in 1902,The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
/ref> constitutes song no. 7.
/ref> In 2005,

Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums. Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III a ...

included the song on her debut album ''Martha Wainwright''.

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Sheet music for Whither Must I Wander
{{Authority control Compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams 1902 compositions Adaptations of works by Robert Louis Stevenson